Ericusa sericata
| Ericusa sericata | |
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| Ericusa sericata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Cymbiinae |
| Genus: | Ericusa |
| Species: | E. sericata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951 | |
Ericusa sericata, common name : the silk-like volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 75 mm and 125 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Eastern Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
- ↑ Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
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