''Phrontis nassiformis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.
Di ...
, the nutmeg snails.
[Marshall, B. (2016). Phrontis nassiformis (Lesson, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877055 on 2016-05-20]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Mexico
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and the
Galapagos Islands.
References
* Petit R.E. (1987) ''A final note on Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842, and Nassarius corpulentus (C.B. Adams, 1852).'' The Veliger 29(3): 340–348
* Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). ''Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
External links
Lesson A. (1842). Catalogue des mollusques rares ou nouveaux recueillis dans la Mer du Sud. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 12(39): 198-209 Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus Nassa. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353.
Nassariidae
Gastropods described in 1842
Taxa named by René Lesson
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