Dorsanum miran
| Dorsanum miran | |
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| Five views of a shell of Dorsanum miran (Bruguiere, 1799) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorsaninae |
| Genus: | Dorsanum |
| Species: | D. miran |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dorsanum miran, common name : the Moroccan bullia, 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 20 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Senegal and Angola.
References
- 1 2 Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
- Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December. Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls]
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