Nassarius optimus

Nassarius optimus
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. optimus
Binomial name
Nassarius optimus
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Nassa optima G.B. Sowerby III, 1903

Nassarius optimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa snails .[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Northern Australia, the Philippines and New Caledonia

References


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