Phos senticosus

Phos senticosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Phos
Species: P. senticosus
Binomial name
Phos senticosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria senticosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex senticosus Linnaeus, 1758

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is found along the Seychelles and New Caledonia

References

  1. ^ a b Phos senticosus . Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2010). Phos senticosus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217058 on 31 October 2010.

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