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Nassarius capensis

Index Nassarius capensis

Nassarius capensis, common name the Cape dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1]

11 relations: Basionym, Common name, Family (biology), Gastropoda, Mollusca, Nassariidae, Réunion, Sea snail, South Africa, Species, Zanzibar.

Basionym

In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Gastropoda

The gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Nassariidae

The Nassariidae, Nassa mud snails (USA), or dog whelks (UK), are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

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Réunion

Réunion (La Réunion,; previously Île Bourbon) is an island and region of France in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and southwest of Mauritius.

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Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in saltwater, in other words marine gastropods.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassarius_capensis

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