Nassarius cockburnensis

Nassarius cockburnensis
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. cockburnensis
Binomial name
Nassarius cockburnensis
Kool & Dekker, 2006[1]

Nassarius cockburnensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6.9 mm and 9.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia.

References

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