Nassa situla

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

Nassa situla
Nassa situla shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
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

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.

References
  1. Nassa situla (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
  • 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
  • "Nassa situla". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.


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