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