Phos textus
Species of gastropod
Phos textus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Phos |
Species: | P. textus |
Binomial name | |
Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.[1]
Taxon inquirendum
- Phos textus var. rhodostoma E. von Martens, 1880
Description
The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.
References
- ^ a b Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 October 2010.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76–115.
External links
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- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1–264; 2(1): 1-321
- Reeve, L. A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London.
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