Biology:Reishia armigera

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Reishia armigera
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.132623 - Reishia armigera (Link, 1807) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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R. armigera
Binomial name
Reishia armigera
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
  • Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846
  • Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Thais armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Turbinella armigera (Lamarck, 1822)

Reishia armigera, common name : the belligerent rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 105.5 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Aldabra Atoll and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Reishia armigera (Link, 1807). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 April 2011.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7310469 entry