Nassa situla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nassa |
| Species: | N. situla
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 35 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman. Nassa situla was introduced to Israel, but there is no evidence of impact.[2][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63
External links
edit- "Nassa situla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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