Nassaria pusilla

Scientific Name:-

Nassaria pusilla

Common Name:-

White Phos

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Mollusca

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Shell small, Solid, spire tall, protoconch smooth and made of 11/2 whorl, body whorl of same height as that of spire. Aperture small with strong lirations on the interior, outer lip finely dentate, columella lirate, anterior canal slightly elongate, Strong axial ribs crossed by spiral cords forming nodules at intersections.colour uniformly creamish with white aperture.

Threats:-

Not reported

Remark:-

Bijukumar(2012) recorded the presence of this species from Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Marine mudflats

Synonyms:-

Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791 (homonym of Buccinum niveum Gmelin, 1791 [Terebridae])
Nassaria lyrata Link, 1807
Nassaria multiplicata G. B. Sowerby II, 1859
Neptunea pusilla Röding, 1798 (original combination)

References:-

Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)

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