Phos senticosus
| Phos senticosus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Shell of 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] | |
| |
Phos senticosus, common name Common Pacific Phos or Thorny Phos, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 25 mm and 50 mm. The surface of the shell may be cream or reddish-brown, with one or two subsutural darker bands. The interior is white or pale purple. This shell has shouldered whorls, with strong axial ribs and a papillose surface. Outer lip is crenulate, with several strong lirae into the aperture.
Distribution
This species is found in Central Indo-West Pacific, along the Seychelles, Australia, New Caledonia and the Philippines.[1] Specimens of this species were gathered by Jose Rizal in Dapitan in 1894.[2]
Habitat
This common tropical sea snail lives intertidally on sand, at depths more than 50 m.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ : Miscellaneous Letters of Rizal; accessed : 2 Jan 2012
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp