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Nassa serta

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Nassa serta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Species:
N. serta
Binomial name
Nassa serta
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum sertum Bruguière, 1789
  • Iopas hederacea (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Iopas sertum (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa picta Röding, 1798
  • Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817

Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Eastern Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63
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  • "Nassa serta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.