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Nassarius glans Acorn Dog Whelk, Glans Nassa

Nassarius glans is commonly referred to as Acorn Dog Whelk, Glans Nassa. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Nassarius glans, Kwajalein


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lexID:
17054 
AphiaID:
215741 
Scientific:
Nassarius glans 
German:
Eichel-Reusenschnecke, Eichelreuse 
English:
Acorn Dog Whelk, Glans Nassa 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Nassariidae (Family) > Nassarius (Genus) > glans (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Hong Kong, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritania, Red Sea, Réunion , Sulawesi 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Lagoons, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.97" (1,5cm - 5,5cm) 
Temperature:
24,3 °F - 29,3 °F (24,3°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Nassarius absconditus
  • Nassarius abyssicolus
  • Nassarius acuminatus
  • Nassarius acuticostus
  • Nassarius acutus
  • Nassarius adami
  • Nassarius agapetus
  • Nassarius alabasteroides
  • Nassarius albescens
  • Nassarius albinus
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-05-02 16:16:34 

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Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)

They are usually seen at night along lagoon reefs or on pinnacles. They hide buried in sand pockets by day.

Synonymised names
Alectrion glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Alectrion glans nipponensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971 · unaccepted
Buccinum lineatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
Buccinum suturale Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassa intermedia Dunker, 1866 · unaccepted (invalid; not Forbes, 1844)
Nassa suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nassarius (Alectrion) glans (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) · unaccepted
Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
Nassarius suturalis (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted

Direct children (5)
Subspecies Nassarius glans glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans fenwicki Kilburn, 1972 accepted as Nassarius fenwicki Kilburn, 1972
Subspecies Nassarius glans nipponensis (Kuroda & Habe, 1971) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915) accepted as Nassarius particeps (Hedley, 1915) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Nassarius glans suturale (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Nassarius glans (Linnaeus, 1758)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2024.
  2. underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2024.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 09.12.2024.

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Nassarius glans, Kwajalein
Nassarius glans,Lembeh strait, Sulawesi du Nord, Indonésie 2007

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