''Reticunassa jeanmartini'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa jeanmartini (Kool & Dekker, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1007371 on 2021-09-06]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off
Mauritius
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and La
Réunion.
References
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*
Nassariidae
Gastropods described in 2006
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