Nassarius crematus, common name the burned nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1] Nassarius crematus was first described by Richard Brinsley Hinds in 1844 on a voyage in the H.M.S. Sulphur.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. crematus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius crematus (Hinds, 1844)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 41 mm. The shell is round and bulbous, with four spires at its top. In many specimens, the outer lip is very large, and the palatal wall takes up most of its front. [3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and the Mascarene Basin; in the Southwest Pacific, off the Philippines and New Guinea and off Japan. It has also been found off the coasts of Hawaii, China, Malaysia, and Thailand. [4]
References edit
- ^ a b Nassarius crematus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Hinds, Richard B. (1844). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur : under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 72.
- ^ "Nassarius (Zeuxis) crematus". Gastropods. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Nassarius crematus". Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- Hinds, R.B.(1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1836-42. London: Smith, Elder and Co. v + 72 pp., 21 pls. [Pp. 1-24, pls. 1-7, July 1844; pp. 25-48, pl. 8-14, October 1844; p. i-v, 49-72, pl. 15-21, January 1845].
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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