Dorsanum miran

Dorsanum miran
Dorsanum miran
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Dorsaninae
Genus: Dorsanum
Species: D. miran
Binomial name
Dorsanum miran
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Bullia miran (Bruguière, 1789)

Dorsanum miran, common name : the Moroccan bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Morocco, Senegal and Angola.

References

  1. ^ a b Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=553029  on 4 February 2011.
  • Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December. Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls]

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