Pareuthria fuscata
| Pareuthria fuscata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Pareuthria |
| Species: | P. fuscata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pareuthria fuscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Falklands; in the Strait of Magellan; in Antarctic waters.
References
- 1 2 Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 August 2010.
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