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About this species
Nassarius clarus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Nassarius clarus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 7 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–28 °C
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Nassa australis, Nassa clara, Nassarius (Zeuxis) clarus, Nassarius australis, Niotha australis
Similar species
Crowned nassaNassarius coronatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 59 open-data records from 1939 to 1985.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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