Nassarius delicatus

Nassarius delicatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. delicatus
Binomial name
	Nassarius delicatus; (A. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms
	Alectryon (Phrontis) alcimus Melvill, 1918; Hindsia nodicostata Adams, A., 1855; Nassa (Phrontis) delicata A. Adams, 1852; Nassa (Phrontis) tiarula Kiener, 1841; Nassa delicata A. Adams, 1852; Nassa nodicostata A. Adams, 1852; Nassarius aclimus Melvill, J.C., 1918; Nassarius (Niotha) delicatus (A. Adams, 1852); Phrontis nodicostata (A. Adams, 1852);

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 14 mm.

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indo-West Pacific and off La Réunion.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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