Nassarius luridus

Nassarius luridus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Nassarius luridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. luridus
Binomial name
Nassarius luridus
(Gould, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa (Alectryon) elegans fulgurans (f) Schepman, M.M., 1913
  • Nassa (Alectryon) lurida Gould, 1850
  • Nassa (Telasco) dispar A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) lucida Gould, 1850
  • Nassa (Zeuxis) lurida Gould, 1850
  • Nassa dispar A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa graphitera Rousseau, 1854
  • Nassa kieneri Deshayes, 1863
  • Nassa lurida Gould, 1850
  • Nassarius (Telasco) luridus (Gould, 1850)
  • Nassarius kieneri Anton, 1957

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Indonesia.

References
  1. Nassarius luridus (Gould, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 February 2011.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356


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