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Nassarius speciosus Purple-lipped Dogwhelk, Splendid Nassa

Nassarius speciosus is commonly referred to as Purple-lipped Dogwhelk, Splendid 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.

Profilbild Urheber Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Nassarius speciosus,caravan inner Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023(CC-BY-SA)


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17719 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Nassarius speciosus 
German:
Lila-Lippen Reusenschnecke, Pracht-Nassa 
English:
Purple-lipped Dogwhelk, Splendid Nassa 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Nassarius (Genus) > speciosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(A. Adams, ), 1852 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, South-Africa 
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:
1 - 130 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.18" (2,0cm - 3,5cm) 
Temperature:
57.2 °F - 78.8 °F (14°C - 26°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:
2025-09-11 13:05:12 

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Nassarius speciosus (A. Adams, 1852)

Nassarius speciosus 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. Fish snails are scavengers.

Synonymised names
Alectrion plicosa (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Buccinum plicosum Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Nassa plicosa (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Nassa speciosa A. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nassarius (Niotha) speciosus (A. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Nassarius plicosus (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted
Phos plicosus (Dunker, 1846) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 11.09.2025.

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Nassarius speciosus,pmb wreck Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2022 (CC-BY-SA)
Nassarius speciosus,caravan inner Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa 2023(CC-BY-SA)
Nassarius speciosus, long beach Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2020 (CC-BY-SA)

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