Biology:Pascula ochrostoma
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pascula |
| Species: | P. ochrostoma
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| Pascula ochrostoma (Blaidnville, 1832)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- "Pascula ochrostoma" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_901.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q7141874 entry
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