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Nassarius gayii Nassa Mud Snail, Scavenger whelk

Nassarius gayiiis commonly referred to as Nassa Mud Snail, Scavenger 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 Leslie Harris, USA

Nassarius gayii, Ilo, Peru 2022

Observations made by the Biodiversity Ilo team from the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) & the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (NHMLA). Photos by Jessica Whelpley (FLMNH), Brittany Cummings (FLMNH), Leslie Harris (NHMLA), CC-BY-NC-SA, credit to Biodiversity-Ilo.
Courtesy of the author Leslie Harris, USA Leslie Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
15737 
AphiaID:
560213 
Scientific:
Nassarius gayii 
German:
Schlamm-Schnecke, Aas-Schnecke 
English:
Nassa Mud Snail, Scavenger Whelk 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Nassarius (Genus) > gayii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Kiener, ), 1834 
Occurrence:
Chile, Peru, Strait of Magellan 
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:
0 - 100 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.39" (1,4cm - 1,7cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 
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:
2023-05-12 23:15:04 

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Nassarius gayii (Kiener, 1834)

Nassarius gayii, the basket snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum gayii Kiener, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nassa flammulata Preston, 1909 · unaccepted
Nassa nevilliana Preston, 1906 · unaccepted
Nassa rubricata Gould, 1850 · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2023.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2023.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 11.05.2023.

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Nassarius gayii, Ilo, Peru 2022
Nassarius gayii, Ilo, Peru 2022

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