Inermicosta inermicosta

Inermicosta inermicosta
Inermicosta inermicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Inermicosta
Species:	I. inermicosta
Binomial name
Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964)
Synonyms [1]
Murex fasciatus Murex fasciatussensu Risso Sowerby, 1841 Ocenebra inermicosta (Vokes, 1964) Tritonalia inermicostaVokes, 1964

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

Description

Shell size 20–25 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Atlantic Ocean along Gabon and Angola.

Trawled on sandy mud bottom at 30–40 metres depth off Rivers State, Nigeria.

References

1. Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 2 December 2010.

• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp