Nassarius arcularia

Nassarius arcularia
Five views of a shell of Nassarius arcularia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Nassarius
Species:
N. arcularia
Binomial name
Nassarius arcularia
Synonyms[1]
list of synonyms
  • Arcularia coronata Link, 1807
  • Buccinum arcularia Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Distorsio arcularia Röding, 1798
  • Nassa (Arcularia) scalariformis Mörch, 1852 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Buccinum scalariforme Kiener, 1834)
  • Nassa (Nassa) arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassa arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassarius (Arcularia) coronata Link, H.F., 1807
  • Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Nassarius arcularia arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) (wrong gender agreement (arcularia is a noun in apposition))
  • Nassarius pullus Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Nassarius rumphii Deshayes, G.P. & H. Milne-Edwards, 1844
  • Nassarius scalariformis Mörch, O.A.L., 1852

Nassarius arcularia, the casket nassa or the little box dog whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1] It is found in tropical and subtropical coastal waters across the world, inhabiting muddy areas close to the shoreline.[1][2]

There are two subspecies :

  • Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758): accepted as Nassarius arcularia.
  • Nassarius arcularia plicatus (Röding, 1798)
Subspecies brought into synonymy
  • Nassarius arcularius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nassarius arcularia arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  1. ^ a b c Nassarius arcularius (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Nassarius arcularia (Linnaeus, 1758)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 March 2024.