Nassarius pumilio

Nassarius pumilio is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Nassarius pumilio
Shell of Nassarius pumilio (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. pumilio
Binomial name
Nassarius pumilio (E.A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
Nassa (Hima) polignaci Lamy, 1923 Nassa madseni Knudsen, 1956 Nassa minor Marrat, 1877 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Buccinum asperulum var. minor Grateloup, 1847 and others) Nassa pumilio E.A. Smith, 1872 (original combination) Nassa weyersi Craven, 1883 Nassarius weyersi (Craven, 1882)

Description

The shell grows to a length of roughly 4 mm, though exact figures vary.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Luanda (Angola) and off Guinea-Bissau.