Nassarius sinusigerus

Nassarius sinusigerus
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. sinusigerus
Binomial name
*Nassarius sinusigerus* A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms^[1]
Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911 Nassa (Hima) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera var. cernica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877 Nassa aracanensis E.A. Smith, 1899 Nassa beata Gould, 1860 Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900 Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916 Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851 Nassarius (Alectrion) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassarius (Hima) aracanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899) Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Telasco) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) † Nassarius (Zeuxis) macrocephalus greyanus Shuto, 1969 Niotha sinusigera (A. Adams, 1852)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 6.5 mm and 12 mm

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and in the central Pacific Ocean.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

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