Nassarius margaritifer

Nassarius margaritifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. margaritifer
Binomial name
*Nassarius margaritifer* (Dunker, 1847)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum margaritiferum Dunker, 1847 Buccinum reticulatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Nassa (Niotha) margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassa (Tritia) costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassa costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassa margaritifer (Dunker, 1847) Nassa margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassa quoyii Rousseau, 1854 Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritifer (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius (Zeuxis) margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius costellifera (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius crenelliferus (A. Adams, 1853) Nassarius margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Nassarius margaritifera var. costellifera A. Adams, 1853 Nassarius margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847) Niotha margaritifera (Dunker, 1847) Zeuxis margaritiferus (Dunker, 1847)

Nassarius margaritifer 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 20 mm and 35 mm

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Tanzania and the Aldabra Atoll, in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
Ruwa, R.K. (1989). Macrofaunal composition and zonation on sandy beaches at Gazi, Kanamai and Malindi Bay, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences (Series B) 10 (1-2): 31-45

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