Nassarius alabasteroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
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| Shell of Nassarius alabasteroides (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. alabasteroides
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| Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 24.7 mm
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Distribution edit
Nassarius alabasteroides is found in the South Pacific Ocean, on the guyot (or sunken atoll) Banc Capel, in the Coral Sea off the Chesterfield Islands of New Caledonia.[3]
References edit
- ^ Kool (2009). Miscellanea Malacologica 3 (5) : 97-100. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2009
- Kool H.H. 2009. Nassarius alabasteroides n. sp., a new nassarid species from the tropical South Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 3(5): 97–100
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