Nassarius candens
| Nassarius candens | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius candens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. candens
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius candens (Hinds, 1844)
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Nassarius candens, common name the bright nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 21 mm. The shell is white with sections of brown.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, ventricose, and acuminate with a turreted shape, appearing pale and clouded with brown. It features six rounded whorls that are neatly cancellated and tuberculated at the angles; below the suture, it is thickened by two rows of tubercles. The lip is entire, and the aperture is marked by a white callus.
The shell is neatly cancellated, possessing an ovate and acuminate form with a turreted spire. Its whorls are characterized by a twin row of enlarged tubercles situated just beneath the suture—a feature that materially assists in its identification. The outer lip is considerably dilated at its lower edge, maintaining an entire margin, though in older specimens, this lip becomes thickened and even slightly everted. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands
References
- ^ a b Nassarius candens. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 March 2011.
- ^ Hinds, R. B. (1844-1845). Mollusca. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. "Sulphur", under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R. N., C. B., F. R. G. S., etc., during the years 1836-42. Smith, Elder and Co., London, v + 72 pp., 21 pls. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
External links
- "Nassarius (Niotha) candens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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