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] | |
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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 2 Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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
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