Nassarius sinusigerus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Nassarius sinusigerus
Shell of Nassarius sinusigerus (specimen 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. sinusigerus
Binomial name
Nassarius sinusigerus
A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Nassa (Hima) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera var. cernica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874
  • Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa aracanensis E.A. Smith, 1899
  • Nassa beata Gould, 1860
  • Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900
  • Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916
  • Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851
  • Nassarius (Alectrion) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Nassarius (Hima) aracanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899)
  • Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Telasco) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) macrocephalus greyanus Shuto, 1969
  • Niotha sinusigera (A. Adams, 1852)

Description edit

The shell size varies between 6.5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, off the Philippines and in the central Pacific Ocean.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 November 2010.

[1]

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.

External links edit


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