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Funa asra

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Funa asra
Apertural view of a shell of Funa asra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Funa
Species:
F. asra
Binomial name
Funa asra
Kilburn, 1988

Funa asra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and Mozambique.

References

  1. ^ Funa asra Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Funa asra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.