Nassarius foveolatus   (Dunker,  1847) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
Family:Nassariidae

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Description
Length: 7.70-21.00 mm.
Diameter: 3.50-8.65 mm.
Max height of the aperture: 4.25-9.02 mm.

Color: Shell dull white with steel bluish color.

Shell oblongely ovate; spire sharp, elongated; sculptured with densely plicated fine longitudinal ribs; interstices cancellated; columella subrugose; outer lip varicose.

They also occur occasionally segregating (up to 75 individuals) in the shole.

Synonym (s)
• Nassa foveolatus (Mss Dunker) Reeve, 1853
• Buccinum foveolatum Dunker, 1847
• Nassa foveolata Dunker, 1847
• Nassa labida Reeve, 1854
• Nassa planicostata A. Adams, 1852
• Nassa planocostata A. Adams, 1852
• Nassarius (Zeuxis) foveolatus (Dunker, 1847)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Coastal
Biogeography


• West Bengal, Saptamukhi INDIA (Record: 02/09/1979)
• West Bengal, Sagar Island INDIA (Record: 02/09/1979)
• West Bengal, Digha INDIA (Record: 27/03/1984, 1992)
• West Bengal, Gosaba INDIA (Record: 17/09/1984)
• West Bengal, Jharkhali INDIA (Record: 20/09/1984, 23/02/1986)
• West Bengal, Port Canning INDIA (Record: 26/09/1984, 05/03/1986)
• West Bengal, Bhangankhali INDIA (Record: 01/03/1986)
• West Bengal, Sundarbans INDIA (Record: 21/06/1986)
• West Bengal, Medinipur INDIA
• West Bengal, North 24 Parganas INDIA
• West Bengal, South 24 Parganas INDIA
• Kerala INDIA
• Maharashtra INDIA
• Orissa INDIA
• Tamil Nadu INDIA
• SRI LANKA
• MYANMAR
• MAURITIUS
• Andhra Pradesh, Kakinada Bay INDIA
• West Bengal, Digha Coast INDIA
Literature Source(s)
  • Subba Rao, NV; Dey, A and Barua, S (1992) Estuarine and marine molluscs Fauna of West Bengal Part 9 (State fauna series 3) ZSI, Calcutta 129-268 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Raut, D; Ganesh, T; Murty, NVSS and Raman, AV (2005) Macrobenthos of Kakinada Bay in the Godavari delta, East coast of India: comparing decadal changes Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science Elsevier 62(4) 609-620 Available at - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.029
  • Dey, M and Mitra, A (2005) Molluscan community around Digha coast, West Bengal, India Journal of Environment and Sociobiology Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata, India 2(1&2) 43-47 Available at - NIO, Goa
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