Biology:Pascula ochrostoma

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pascula ochrostoma
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pascula
Species:
P. ochrostoma
Binomial name
Pascula ochrostoma
(Blaidnville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella cavernosa Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Mancinella mancinella
  • Purpura ochrostoma de Blainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Ricinula cavernosa Reeve, 1846
  • Ricinula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)

Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is also known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia .

References

Citations
  1. 1.0 1.1 Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 November 2010.
Bibliography
  • Taylor, J.D. & M.S. Lewis (1970). The flora, fauna and sediments of the marine grass beds of Mahe, Seychelles. J. nat. Hist. 4: 199–220.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7141874 entry