Nassarius sinusigerus

Nassarius sinusigerus
Shell of Nassarius sinusigerus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. sinusigerus
Binomial name
Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms[1]
Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911 Nassa (Hima) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera var. cernica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877 Nassa aracanensis E.A. Smith, 1899 Nassa beata Gould, 1860 Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900 Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916 Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851 Nassarius (Alectrion) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassarius (Hima) aracanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899) Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Telasco) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) † Nassarius (Zeuxis) macrocephalus greyanus Shuto, 1969 Niotha sinusigera (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius sinusigerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 6.5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, off the Philippines and in the central Pacific Ocean.

References

1. Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 November 2010.

^[1]

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.

External links

• Adams, A. (1852-1853). Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 94-112
• A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 323-336
• Smith, E. A. (1899). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. — Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 4 (22): 237-251
• Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1901). The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Seas as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1900, with descriptions of new species. Part 1, Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1901 (2): 327-460.
• Cernohorsky, W. O. (1981). "Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent Species of the Family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 18: 137–192. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906302. Wikidata Q58677171.
• "Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus sinusigerus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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