Onustus exutus
| Onustus exutus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
| Family: | Xenophoridae |
| Genus: | Onustus |
| Species: | O. exutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onustus exutus (Reeve, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phorus exutus Reeve, 1842 | |
Onustus exutus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Distribution
Onustus exustus is distributed in the Central Indo-Pacific from southern Japan to southern Indonesia, tropical Western Australia, northern Australia and Papua. It can be found between 18 and 340 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Onustus exutus (Reeve, 1842). WoRMS (2010). Onustus exutus (Reeve, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468052 on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): Recent Xenophoridae. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-26-0.
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