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Phos textus

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Phos textus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phos
Species:
P. textus
Binomial name
Phos textus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum cancellatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Buccinum pyrostoma L. Reeve, 1842
  • Buccinum textum Gmelin, 1791
  • Phos textum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Phos varians G. B. Sowerby II, 1859

Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.[1]

Taxon inquirendum

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  • Phos textus var. rhodostoma E. von Martens, 1880

Description

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The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 October 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76–115.
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