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Nassarius mendicus Lean Western Nassa

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


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Nassarius mendicus,Mission Bay, San Diego, California 2015


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lexID:
16220 
AphiaID:
560256 
Scientific:
Nassarius mendicus 
German:
Schlanke Westliche Nassa 
English:
Lean Western Nassa 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Nassarius (Genus) > mendicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Gould, ), 1850 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
9 - 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2,0 cm 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Detritus 
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:
2024-01-28 20:13:19 

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Nassarius mendicus (A. Gould, 1850)

Nassarius mendicus is a shell snail from the family Nassariidae, which is colloquially known as pot snails. The very extensive family mainly includes small snails with a worldwide distribution and are usually found in large colonies in the intertidal area on soft bottoms.


Synonymised names
Alectrion mendicus (A. Gould, 1850) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Alectrion mendicus indisputabilis Oldroyd, 1927 · unaccepted
Nassa acutangula Marrat, 1877 · unaccepted
Nassa cooperi Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted
Nassa gibbsii W. Cooper, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa mendica A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nassa woodwardi Forbes, 1852 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 28.01.2024.

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