Nassarius sinusigerus

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

Nassarius sinusigerus
Shell of Nassarius sinusigerus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. sinusigerus
Binomial name
Nassarius sinusigerus A. Adams, 1851
Synonyms[1]
Nassa (Alectryon) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassa (Alectryon) ovoidea brevis (f) Schepman, M.M., 1911 Nassa (Hima) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera A. Adams, 1852 Nassa (Niotha) sinusigera var. cernica G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1874 Nassa abyssinica Marrat, 1877 Nassa aracanensis E.A. Smith, 1899 Nassa beata Gould, 1860 Nassa lathraia Sturany, 1900 Nassa phoenicensis Preston, 1916 Nassa sinusigera A. Adams, 1851 Nassarius (Alectrion) collaticia Melvill & Standen, 1901 Nassarius (Hima) aracanensis (E.A. Smith, 1899) Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) Nassarius (Telasco) sinusigerus (A. Adams, 1852) † Nassarius (Zeuxis) macrocephalus greyanus Shuto, 1969 Niotha sinusigera (A. Adams, 1852)

Description

The shell size varies between 6.5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, off the Philippines and in the central Pacific Ocean.