Pascula ochrostoma

Pascula ochrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Pascula
Species:	P. ochrostoma
Binomial name
Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella cavernosa Reeve, L.A., 1846 Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832) Drupa ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832) Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832) Mancinella mancinella Purpura ochrostoma de Blainville, 1832 (basionym) Ricinula cavernosa Reeve, 1846 Ricinula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)

Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is alsdo known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408072 on 19 November 2010.

• Taylor, J.D. & M.S. Lewis (1970). The flora, fauna and sediments of the marine grass beds of Mahe, Seychelles. J. nat. Hist. 4: 199-220.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

• Gastropods.com : Pascula ochrostoma; accessed : 19 November 2010