Nassa serta
Appearance
Nassa serta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Nassa |
Species: | N. serta
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Binomial name | |
Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nassa serta.
- "Nassa serta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.