Nassa serta

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

Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791
Buccinum sertum Bruguière, 1789
Iopas sertum (Bruguière, 1789)
Nassa picta Röding, 1798
Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817

Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Eastern Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
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