Nassarius deshayesianus

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).

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

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

References

• 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

• Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp
• Jousseaume, F. (1888). Description des mollusques recueillis par M. le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe d'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 165-223
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
• "Nassarius (Niotha) deshayesianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.