Nassarius tiarula
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| Nassarius tiarula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Nassariinae |
| Genus: | Nassarius |
| Species: | N. tiarula |
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Nassarius tiarula (Kiener, 1841) |
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Nassarius tiarula, common name the western mud nassa, is a species of small sea snail with gills and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from California to Mexico.
These snails are exclusively scavengers.
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