Nassarius echinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. echinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius echinatus (A. Adams, 1852)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off the Aldabra Atol and La Réunion.
References
edit- ^ OBIS : Nassarius echinatus
- ^ Nassarius echinatus (Adams). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
External links
edit- "Nassarius (Niotha) echinatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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