Nassarius lima

Nassarius lima
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. lima
Binomial name
*Nassarius lima* (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms^[1]
Buccinum lima Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym) Buccinum limatum Deshayes in Deshayes & Edwards, 1844 Buccinum limatum Philippi, 1836 Buccinum scalariforme Kiener, 1834 Nassa limata (Philippi, 1836) Nassa limata var. paucicostata del Prête, 1883 Nassa praelonga Monterosato, 1891 Nassa robusta Monterosato, 1890 Nassarius (Uzita) lima (Dillwyn, L.W., 1817)

Nassarius lima, common name the clathrate 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 length of the shell varies between 9.5 mm and 35 mm.

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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