Nassarius optimus
| Nassarius optimus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Australia, the Philippines and New Caledonia.
References[]
- ^ a b 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". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
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