Nassarius balteatus

Nassarius balteatus
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. balteatus
Binomial name
Nassarius balteatus
(Pease, 1869) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Nassa balteata Pease, 1869
  • Nassa paupera Gould, 1882
  • Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1882)

Nassarius balteatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar

References

  1. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1869) Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 5, 64–79.
  2. 1 2 Nassarius balteatus (Pease, 1869).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 November 2010.
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