Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Pascula |
Species: | P. ochrostoma
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Binomial name | |
Pascula ochrostoma (Blaidnville, 1832)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 11 and 35 mm (0.43 and 1.38 in)
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Distribution
editThis 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 also known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.
References
edit- Citations
- ^ a b Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
- Bibliography
- 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
External links
edit- "Pascula ochrostoma". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 19 November 2010.