Nassarius luridus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Nassarius luridus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. luridus
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius luridus (Gould, 1850)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia.
References
edit- ^ a b Nassarius luridus (Gould, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
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