Pascula ochrostoma

Pascula ochrostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Pascula
Species: P. ochrostoma
Binomial name
Pascula ochrostoma
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella cavernosa Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Mancinella mancinella
  • Purpura ochrostoma de Blainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Ricinula cavernosa Reeve, 1846
  • Ricinula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)

Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is alsdo known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.

References

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