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Nassarius
Sign in to saveNassarius, common name nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK), is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. They are scavengers.
Species
dog whelks
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyNassariidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11,189
- With media
- 1,036
- Family
- Nassariidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, UWBM
- Recorded in
- France, Italy, Comoros, Egypt, United States, Monaco, Senegal, Israel
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Ecology
- Distribution and habitat
- Life habits
- Shell description
- Anatomy
- Human use
- Archeology
- Modern uses
- Taxonomy
- Gallery
- Species
- Synonyms
- Synonymized subgenera
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Nassarius, common name nassa mud snails (USA) or dog whelks (UK), is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae. They are scavengers.
==Etymology== The name is derived from the Latin word "nassa", meaning a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish. Nassarius would then mean "someone who uses such a wickerbasket for catching fish".
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