Nassarius wolffi | |
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Shell of Nassarius wolffi (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. wolffi
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius wolffi (Knudsen, 1956)
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Synonyms | |
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Nassarius wolffi, common name the Torben Wolff nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1] It is named after the Danish marine biologist Torben Wolff.
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm.
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This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands and Angola. Also found in Namibia.
Nassarius wolffi | |
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Shell of Nassarius wolffi (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Nassarius |
Species: | N. wolffi
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Binomial name | |
Nassarius wolffi (Knudsen, 1956)
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Synonyms | |
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Nassarius wolffi, common name the Torben Wolff nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1] It is named after the Danish marine biologist Torben Wolff.
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (November 2012) |
This species occurs in the Western Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands and Angola. Also found in Namibia.