Nassarius fraterculus explained
Nassarius fraterculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. The shell grows to a length of 10 mm. This marine species occurs off China, Korea and Japan, but has been introduced to the Pacific Northwest of North America through commercial oyster shipments.[1]
Habitat
N. fraterculus inhabits intertidal regions, foraging on crushed mussels.[2]
Relationship to other invasive species
In the Pacific Northwest, N. fraterculus has been shown to benefit from the presence of Batillaria attramentaria, another invasive species.[3]
References
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). . IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. page(s): 97
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Notes and References
- Carlton . James . Elton . Charles . January 1992 . Introduced marine and estuarine mollusks of North America: an end-of-the-20th-century perspective . Journal of Shellfish Research . 11 . 2 . 489–505 . ResearchGate.
- Zhang . Yue . Goshima . Seiji . 2013 . Effects of crushed conspecifics and starvation periods on the foraging behavior of the marine gastropod sea snail Nassarius fraterculus . Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology . 6 . 2 . 20–27.
- Wonham . Marjorie J. . O'Connor . Mary . Harley . Christopher D. G. . 2005 . Positive effects of a dominant invader on introduced and native mudflat species . Marine Ecology Progress Series . en . 289 . 109–116 . 10.3354/meps289109 . 0171-8630. free .
