Nassa tuamotuensis

Nassa tuamotuensis
Nassa tuamotuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Species: N. tuamotuensis
Binomial name
Nassa tuamotuensis
Houart, 1996
Synonyms[1]

Purpura francolinus Kiener, 1835

Nassa tuamotuensis 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 24 mm and 64 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Cook Islands and Tuamotus and the Society Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Nassa tuamotuensis Houart, 1996.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397008 on 24 April 2010.

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