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Nassarius spiratus New Zealand Nassa Whelk

Nassarius spiratus is commonly referred to as New Zealand Nassa Whelk. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

New Zealand Nassa Whelk,Nassarius spiratus, rare intertidally and subtidally on secluded Northland Beaches.Goat Island Marine Reserve.2019


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12785 
AphiaID:
572156 
Scientific:
Nassarius spiratus 
German:
Neuseeländische Reusenschnecke 
English:
New Zealand Nassa Whelk 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Nassarius (Genus) > spiratus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Adams, ), 1852 
Occurrence:
China, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, South China Sea, South-Pazific, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 0.79" (2,0cm - 2,4cm) 
Weight:
2 g 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Nassarius absconditus
  • Nassarius abyssicolus
  • Nassarius acuminatus
  • Nassarius acuticostus
  • Nassarius acutus
  • Nassarius adami
  • Nassarius agapetus
  • Nassarius alabasteroides
  • Nassarius albescens
  • Nassarius albinus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-13 20:08:04 

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Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius, common name nassa mud snails or dog whelks , is a genus of minute to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nassariidae.They are scavengers.

The New Zealand Nassa WhelkNassarius spiratus can be found Intertidal, in sand pockets on rocky shores. Similar to Nassarius glans.

Synonymised names:
Alectrion spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
Nassa spirata A. Adams, 1852 (original combination)
Nassarius (Alectrion) spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)

External links

  1. Seashells of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Nassarius spiratus,Northland, Nueva Zelanda 2025
Nassarius spiratus.A rare find.2019
New Zealand Nassa Whelk,Nassarius spiratus, rare intertidally and subtidally on secluded Northland Beaches.Goat Island Marine Reserve.2019

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