Nassarius distortus
| Nassarius distortus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Nassarius distortus | |
| 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. distortus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) | |
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Nassarius distortus, common name : the distorted 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 18 mm and 35 mm
The ovate, conical shell is smooth, polished, and whitish. A decurrent band of a rose color is seen beneath the suture, and three others surround the middle of the lowest whorl. That of the middle is broader and more apparent. The spire is composed of seven slightly convex whorls, ornamented with longitudinal ribs formed like folds, numerous and slightly elevated. The upper edge of the whorls is a little flattened. The base of the lowest is accompanied with two distinct ridges. The suture is edged with rounded tubercles situated between each fold, where they form a sort of necklace. The white aperture is ovate, contracted above by a transverse fold of the callosity. The outer lip is subtruncated, somewhat denticulated upon the lower edge, and marked with transverse striae internally. The columella edge is covered by a pretty thick callosity, spreading a little upon the belly of the shell. [2]
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution in the Indo-West Pacific; also occurs off Australia (Queensland)
References
- 1 2 Nassarius distortus (A. Adams, 1852) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.
- ↑ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum monile)
- Adams, A. 1852. Catalogue of the species of Nassa, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca, belonging to the family Buccinidae, in the Collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 94-112
- Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 1-25 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8.
- 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
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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