''Nassarius silvardi'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the

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Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Reticunassa silvardi (Kool & Dekker, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876865 on 2021-09-08

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs of

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and

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References

* Kool H.H. & Dekker H. (2006) Review of the Nassarius pauper (Gould, 1850) complex (Gastropoda: Nassariidae). Part 1, with the description of four new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Visaya 1(6): 54-75. * Severns M. (2011) ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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.

Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
* Nassariidae Gastropods described in 2006 {{Nassariidae-stub