Phrontis nassiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Phrontis nassiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phrontis
Species:
P. nassiformis
Binomial name
Phrontis nassiformis
(Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842 (original combination)
  • Nassa corpulenta C. B. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa polygonata Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa rufolineata Marrat, 1880
  • Nassarius corpulentus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Nassarius nassiformis (Lesson, 1842)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B. (2016). Phrontis nassiformis (Lesson, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877055 on 2016-05-20
  • Petit R.E. (1987) A final note on Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842, and Nassarius corpulentus (C.B. Adams, 1852). The Veliger 29(3): 340–348
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
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