Nassarius deshayesianus

Nassarius deshayesianus
	Shell of Nassarius deshayesianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. deshayesianus
Binomial name
	Nassarius deshayesianus; (Issel, 1866)
Synonyms
	Nassa (Arcularia) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888); Nassa (Phrontis) obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888); Nassa (Phrontis) zailensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; Nassa (Phrontis) zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1899; Nassa deshayesiana Issel, 1866; Nassa obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888); Nassa zailensis G.B. Sowerby III, 1894; Nassa zailensis var. andamanica Melvill & Sykes, 1898; Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866); Nassarius (Phrontis) deshayesianus (Issel, 1866); Phrontis obockensis Jousseaume, 1888;

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Nassarius deshayesianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK).^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.

References

^ ^a ^b Nassarius deshayesianus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.

Sowerby, G.B., III. (1894). Descriptions of four new shells from the Persian Gulf and Bay of Zaila. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1(4): 160–161, pl. 12.
Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. (1899). Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of three new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3: 220–229.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Nassarius deshayesianus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 October 2012.

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