Biology:Phos textus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Phos textus
Phos textus 01.JPG
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P. textus
Binomial name
Phos textus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum cancellatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Buccinum pyrostoma L. Reeve, 1842
  • Buccinum textum Gmelin, 1791
  • Phos textum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Phos varians G. B. Sowerby II, 1859

Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks.[1]

Taxon inquirendum

  • Phos textus var. rhodostoma E. von Martens, 1880

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 October 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76–115.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7187410 entry