Nassarius clarus

Nassarius clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. clarus
Binomial name
Nassarius clarus (Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms
Nassa australis A. Adams, 1853 Nassa clara Marrat, 1877 Nassa semiplicata Adams, A., 1877 Nassarius (Zeuxis) clarus (Marrat, 1877) Nassarius australis (A. Adams, 1853)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 30 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia and in the Indian Ocean.

Ecology

Nassarius clarus feeds on dead fishes and other carrion.

References

• Černohorský, Walter Oliver (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. JSTOR 42906302. Wikidata Q58677171.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356. [

External links

• "Nassarius (Zeuxis) clarus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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