Nassarius consensus, common name the striate nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Nassarius consensus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. consensus
Binomial name
Nassarius consensus
(Ravenel, 1861) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alectrion consensa (Ravenel, 1861)
  • Alectrion consensa harveyensis Mansfield, 1930
  • Alectrion consensa leonensis Mansfield, 1930
  • Nassa consensa Ravenel, 1861 (basionym)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus (Ravenel, 1861)
  • Nassarius (Uzita) fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and South Carolina, USA.

References

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  1. ^ Ravenel, E. 1861. Descriptions of new Recent shells from the coast of South Carolina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 41-44.
  2. ^ Nassarius consensus (Ravenel, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2012.
  • Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3: 189 pp., 21 pls.
  • Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: vii + 459, 65 pls.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.