Nassarius consensus

Nassarius consensus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. consensus
Binomial name
Nassarius consensus (Ravenel, 1861)
Synonyms
Alectrion consensa (Ravenel, 1861) Alectrion consensa harveyensis Mansfield, 1930 Alectrion consensa leonensis Mansfield, 1930 Nassa consensa Ravenel, 1861 (basionym) Nassarius (Nassarius) consensus (Ravenel, 1861) Nassarius (Uzita) fargoi Olsson & Harbison, 1953

Nassarius consensus, common name the striate nassa, 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 8 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and South Carolina, USA.

References

• Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3: 189 pp., 21 pls.
• Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: vii + 459, 65 pls.
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

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