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Nassarius dentifer Powys, 1835

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Nassariidae - Nassa Mud Snails »  genus Nassarius

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Nassarius dentifer

Author: Cernohorsky, W.O.

Taxon in country check-lists*

Pacific Ocean, South America: Chile, Peru

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Description

N. dentifera. Three syntypes in the B.M.N.H.; illustrated syntype 22.8 x 11-6 x 11.6 mm. Specimen not fully mature, pale chocolate-brown in colour with a white band on each whorl, penultimate whorl with 14 axial ribs and 5 spiral rows of nodules, bodywhorl with 12 ribs and 9 rows of nodules, columella with 5-6 plicae, aperture with 8 denticles. Bay of Arica, South America [= Chile), 10 fathoms (18 m), muddy bottom.
DISTRIBUTION. Peru to Chile.
Cernohorsky, W.O., 1985. Taxonomy some West American and Atlantic Nassariidae based on type-spms
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Nassarius dentifer Powys, 1835]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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