Nassarius clarus

Nassarius clarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Nassarius clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Nassariinae
Genus:
Nassarius
Subgenus:
Zeuxis
Species:
N. clarus
Binomial name
Nassarius clarus
(Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nassa australis A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa clara Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa semiplicata Adams, A., 1877
  • Nassarius (Zeuxis) clarus (Marrat, 1877)
  • Nassarius australis (A. Adams, 1853)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia[2] and in the Indian Ocean.

Ecology

Nassarius clarus feeds on dead fishes and other carrion.[2] | name = Nassarius clarus

References
  1. WoRMS (2012). Nassarius clarus (Marrat, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560166 on 2012-10-23
  2. Morton B. (2003). "Observations on the feeding behaviour of Nassarius clarus (Gastropoda : Nassariidae) in Shark Bay, Western Australia". Molluscan Research 23(3): 239-249. doi:10.1071/MR03008, PDF.
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1981). Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18:137-192.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356. [


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