Nassarius alabasteroides
| Nassarius alabasteroides | |
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| Shell of Nassarius alabasteroides (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. alabasteroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009[1] | |
Nassarius alabasteroides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 24.7 mm
Distribution
Nassarius alabasteroides is found in the South Pacific Ocean, on the guyot (or sunken atoll) Banc Capel, in the Coral Sea off the Chesterfield Islands of New Caledonia.[3]
References
- ^ Kool (2009). Miscellanea Malacologica 3 (5) : 97-100. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- ^ Nassarius alabasteroides Kool, 2009, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 2009
- Kool H.H. 2009. Nassarius alabasteroides n. sp., a new nassarid species from the tropical South Pacific Ocean (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Miscellanea Malacologica, 3(5): 97–100