Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.
| Nassariidae Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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Nassidae Swainson, 1835 | |
"Dog whelk" also refers to Nucella lapillus.
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