Antillophos roseatus

Antillophos roseatus
Antillophos roseatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Buccininae
Genus: Antillophos
Species: A. roseatus
Binomial name
Antillophos roseatus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phos roseatus Hinds, 1844
  • Antillophos (Antillophos) varicosus Gould, A.A., 1849

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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, South Africa, the Mascarene Basin, the Philippines and Australia.

References


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