Reticunassa erythraea

Reticunassa erythraea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Reticunassa erythraea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Reticunassa
Species:	R. erythraea
Binomial name
Reticunassa erythraea (Issel, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Hinia erythrea (Issel, 1869) Nassa (Hima) erythrea Issel, 1869 Nassa costulata var. erythrea Issel, 1869 (original combination) Nassa erythraea Issel, 1869 Nassarius erythraeus (Issel, 1869) Tritia erythraea (Issel, 1869)

Description

The shell size varies between 4.5 mm and 9 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa erythraea (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1007370 on 2022-10-17

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

• "Nassarius erythraeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
• Issel, A. (1869). Malacologia del Mar Rosso. Ricerche zoologiche e paleontologiche. Biblioteca Malacologica, Pisa. xi + 387 pp., pls 1-5.
• 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