Nassa serta
Appearance
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Apertural view of Nassa serta | |
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Species: | N. serta
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Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789)
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Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791 |
Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Eastern Australia.
References
- ^ a b Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Oacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1-2):51-63
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