#nassarius

Photo 1 - Nassarius sp. / Photo 2 - Feeding event, Prey: Conuber sp.

Photos 3-4 - Nassarius dorsatus

Gifs 1-2 - Nassarius sp.

Nassa Mudsnails found scavenging, including a group seemingly feeding upon a moon snail.

09/09/23

This is my gorgeous nassarius, Shiny Phanpy. She’s pink because her shell is totally overgrown with coralline. But her best accessories are her two little teensy bulbs of some kind of macro algae that grow at the top of her shell. They look like a little green bow or pigtails!

She’s standing waving by the also-pink-and-green coralline covered liverock to match because she’s a diva.

Thank you !!!!!!!

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Diagnosis: Nassarius papillosus Common name: Pimpled Basket Snail

Other than the algivororous snail species, such as ceriths and trochoids, probably the most commonly traded gastropods are the nassas, Nassarius sp., a genus of dog whelks. Especially in the USA, it is the Caribbean Nassarius vibex that is most widely sold in aquarium stores, though sadly, coldwater species are mistraded either explicitly or implicitly, as N. vibex itself, or as sharing a similar tropical habit. Other species from locations such as Tonga are regularly encountered, although a formal species identification, is rarely if ever attempted. If a whelk is traded as 'super nassarius' or similar, these nassas can be expected to outsize the diminutive N. vibex, which grows to only 2 centimeters, or 3/4 of an inch, at the most.