Biology:Nassarius optimus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Nassarius optimus | |
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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. optimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius optimus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassa optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1903 | |
Nassarius optimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Australia, the Philippines and New Caledonia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nassarius optimus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137–192
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
External links
- "Nassarius (Nassarius) optimus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_5782.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q6967499 entry
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