Nassariidae
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The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
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Nassariidae | |
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A live individual of Nassarius fossatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Nassariidae Iredale, 1916 (1835) |
Type genus | |
Nassarius Dumenil, 1805 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Nassidae Swainson, 1835 |
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"Dog whelk" also refers to Nucella lapillus.