Nassarius fossatus

Nassarius fossatus
A live channeled basket snail in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. fossatus
Binomial name
Nassarius fossatus
(Gould, 1850)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum elegans Reeve, 1842
  • Buccinum fossatum Gould, 1850
  • Nassa morleti Crosse, 1867
  • Nassa reevei A. Adams, 1852

Nassarius fossatus, the channeled basket snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks. It is native to the west coast of North America where it is found on mudflats on the foreshore and on sand and mud in shallow water.

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, Gary (2014). "Nassarius fossatus (Gould, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-02-21.