Reishia armigera
Reishia armigera | |
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Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Reishia |
Species: | R. armigera |
Binomial name | |
Reishia armigera (Link, 1807) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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 2 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
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