Nassa francolina

Nassa francolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Nassa
Species: N. francolina
Binomial name
Nassa francolina
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum francolinus Bruguière, 1789
Nassa francolinus (Bruguière, 1789)

Nassa francolina, common name : the Francolina Jopas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails .[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 33 mm and 70 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along Western Australia.

References

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