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Nassarius niveus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Nassarius plicatellus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Nassarius niveus

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Nassarius niveus, common name the lattice dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

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Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Namibia and the west coast of South Africa

References

Nassarius niveus Wikipedia