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Fossarus lamellosus

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Fossarus lamellosus
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F. lamellosus
Binomial name
Fossarus lamellosus
Synonyms

Littorina lamellosa Souverbie, 1861

Fossarus lamellosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll.

References

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  • Taylor, J.D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260, 173–213