Nassarius cuvierii

Nassarius cuvierii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. cuvierii
Binomial name
	Nassarius cuvierii; (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
	Buccinum costulatum Renieri, 1804; Buccinum cuvierii Payraudeau, 1826; Nassa costulata (Renieri, 1804); Nassarius (Telasco) cuvierii (Payraudeau, B.-C., 1826);

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Nassarius cuvierii, common name the one-banded nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Description

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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