Nassa situla

Nassa situla
Nassa situla shells
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Species:
N. situla
Binomial name
Nassa situla
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum situlum Reeve, 1846
  • Iopas situla (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pusio kossmanni Pagenstecher, 1877
  • Pusio savignyi Pagenstecher, A., 1877

Nassa situla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman. Nassa situla was introduced to Israel, but there is no evidence of impact.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  • Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63


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