Nassariidae

Nassariidae
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–Recent
A live individual of Nassarius fossatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Iredale, 1916 (1835)
Type genus
Nassarius Dumenil, 1805
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Nassidae Swainson, 1835

The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

"Dog whelk" also refers to Nucella lapillus.

  1. ^ Nassa Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.