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| name = ''Nassa stiphra''
| image =
| image =
| image_caption =
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| genus = Nassarius
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| species = agapetus
| authority = ([[Robert Boog Watson|Watson]], 1882)
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| unranked_familia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Neogastropoda]]
| synonyms =
| superfamilia = [[Muricoidea]]
* ''Nassa (Niotha) agapeta'' <small>Watson, 1882</small>
| familia = [[Muricidae]]
* ''Nassa agapeta'' <small>Watson, 1882</small>
| subfamilia = [[Rapaninae]]
* ''Nassa kempi'' <small>Preston, 1916</small>
| genus = ''[[Nassa (gastropod)|Nassa]]''
* ''Nassa stiphra'' <small>Sturany, 1900</small>
| subgenus =
| species = '''''N. stiphra'''''
| binomial = ''Nassa stiphra''
| binomial_authority =
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms =
}}
}}


'''''Nassa stiphra''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Muricidae]], the murex snails or rock snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|215705|''Nassa stiphra'' ||24 April 2010}}</ref>
'''''Nassarius agapetus''''' is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Nassariidae]], the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|560136|''Nassarius agapetus'' ||20 October 2012}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
The shell grows to a length of 6.5&nbsp;mm
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
This species is distributed in the [[Red Sea]], in the [[Indian Ocean]] off [[Réunion]] and in the Indo-West Pacific.
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
* 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.


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=29182|title=''Nassarius (Niotha) agapetus''|access-date=31 December 2010}}
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[[Category:Muricidae]]
[[Category:Nassarius|agapetus]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1882]]




{{Muricidae-stub}}
{{Nassariidae-stub}}

Latest revision as of 19:20, 14 April 2024

Nassarius agapetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. agapetus
Binomial name
Nassarius agapetus
(Watson, 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Niotha) agapeta Watson, 1882
  • Nassa agapeta Watson, 1882
  • Nassa kempi Preston, 1916
  • Nassa stiphra Sturany, 1900

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

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 6.5 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nassarius agapetus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.
  • 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.
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  • "Nassarius (Niotha) agapetus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.