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

Naytia glabrata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Naytia
Species:
N. glabrata
Binomial name
Naytia glabrata
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum obliquum Kiener, 1841
  • Nassa (Naytia) glabrata (G.B. Sowerby, 1842)
  • Nassarius glabratus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) glabratus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1842)
  • Nassarius obliquus (Kiener, 1835)
  • Strombus glabratus G.B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination)

Description

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The shell size varies between 7 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal, Gabon and Angola.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Naytia glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876860 on 2021-09-06
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1–95, 5 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
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  • Sowerby G.B., II. (1842). Monograph of the genus Strombus. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1): 25-39, pls 6-10. London, privately published.
  • Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) glabratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.