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Phos gemmulifer

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Phos gemmulifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phos
Species:
P. gemmulifer
Binomial name
Phos gemmulifer
Kilburn, 2000[1]
Synonyms
  • Antillophos gemmulifer (Kilburn, 2000) (original combination)
  • Phos (Phos) gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000 (basionym)
  • Phos gemmulatus (misspelling)

Phos gemmulifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails, or dog whelks.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mozambique.

References

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  1. ^ Kilburn (2000). Ann. Natal Mus. 41 : 203–208. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ MMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phos gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457697 on 2022-01-08
  • Kilburn R.N. 2000. Description of new species of Phos and Nassarius from south-eastern Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae, Nassariidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 41 :203-208
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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