Nassarius pumilio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Nassarius pumilio
Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. pumilio
Binomial name
Nassarius pumilio
(E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Hima) polignaci Lamy, 1923
  • Nassa madseni Knudsen, 1956
  • Nassa minor Marrat, 1877 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum asperulum var. minor Grateloup, 1847 and others)
  • Nassa pumilio E.A. Smith, 1872 (original combination)
  • Nassa weyersi Craven, 1883
  • Nassarius weyersi (Craven, 1882)

Description

edit

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm

Distribution

edit

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola) and off Guinea-Bissau.

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 October 2010.
  • Marrat, F. (1877). On some proposed new forms in the genus Nassa. Liverpool, privately printed, 15 pp., 1 pl.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
edit