Nassa serta

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Nassa serta
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Nassa serta
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N. serta
Binomial name
Nassa serta
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum coronatumGmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum sertumBruguière, 1789
  • Iopas hederacea(Schumacher, 1817)
  • Iopas sertum(Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa pictaRöding, 1798
  • Stramonita hederaceaSchumacher, 1817

Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Eastern Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 December 2010.