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Reticunassa zanzibarensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Reticunassa
Species:	R. zanzibarensis
Binomial name
Reticunassa zanzibarensis (Kool & Dekker, 2007)
Synonyms
Nassarius zanzibarensis Kool & Dekker, 2007 (original combination)

Nassarius zanzibarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 11.5 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Mozambique to Pakistan.

References

1. Kool & Dekker (2007). Visaya 2 (2) : 62-77. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa zanzibarensis (Kool & Dekker, 2007). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1007373 on 2021-09-10

• Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2007) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda, Nassariidae). Part 2, the Western Indian Ocean species, with the description of two new species and introducing a nomen novum. Visaya 2(2): 62–77.

External links

• Galindo L.A., Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2017). Review of the Nassarius pauperus (Gould, 1850) complex (Nassariidae): Part 3, reinstatement of the genus Reticunassa, with the description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 275: 1-43

• "Nassarius zanzibarensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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