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Pollia rubiginosa

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Pollia rubiginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Pollia
Species:
P. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Pollia rubiginosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum rubiginosum Reeve, 1846
  • Cantharus rubiginosus (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pisania rubiginosa Reeve

Pollia rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique and Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 January 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

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