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Nassariidae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire, an oval aperture, and a siphonal notch. This family of snails is found worldwide. These snails are found mostly in shallow water, on sandy or muddy substrates, often intertidally, but sometimes in deep water. They can be present in very large numbers in suitable habitat. Nassariidae are primarily active and lively scavengers. Subtaxa , the World Register of Marine Species accepts the following 48 genera, arranged within 7 subfamilies. Anentominae E. E. Strong, Galindo & Kantor, 2017 * '' Anentome'' Cossmann, 1901 * ''Clea Clea is a female given name. Clea may refer to: People with the given name * Clea DuVall (born 1977), actress * Clea Hoyte (born 1981), West Indies cricketer * Clea Koff (born 1972), British-born American forensic ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorsaninae
The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (US), or dog whelks (UK) are a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to medium-sized snails, mostly marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. These snails have rounded shells with a high spire (mollusc), spire, an oval aperture (mollusc), aperture, and a siphonal notch. This family of snails is found worldwide. These snails are found mostly in shallow water, on sandy or muddy substrate (biology), substrates, often intertidally, but sometimes in deep water. They can be present in very large numbers in suitable habitat. Nassariidae are primarily active and lively scavengers. Subtaxa , the World Register of Marine Species accepts the following 48 genera, arranged within 7 subfamilies. Anentominae E. E. Strong, Galindo & Kantor, 2017 * ''Anentome'' Cossmann, 1901 * ''Clea (gastropod), Clea'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 * ''Oligohalinophila'' Neiber & Glaubrecht, 2019 Bulliinae Allmon, 1990 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |