species: Nassarius coronatus in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Nassarius coronatus


©Barbara Banks: Nassarius coronatus at Lizard Island

©Barbara Banks: Nassarius coronatus at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Nassarius coronatus about 2 cm long, intertidal sand flat at Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Nassariidae
Genus Nassarius
Species Nassarius coronatus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Distribution

Behaviour

These little snails are common and very active on just-wet sand flats at low tide.

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
  • Keable, S.J. (1992). The scavenging, small marine invertebrates of Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, M.Sc. thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney. LIRS catalog number 322.
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