Nassa tuamotuensis

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Nassa tuamotuensis
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Shell of Nassa tuamotuensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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N. tuamotuensis
Binomial name
Nassa tuamotuensis
Houart, 1996
Synonyms [1]

Purpura francolinusKiener, 1835

Nassa tuamotuensis 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 24 mm and 64 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Cook Islands and Tuamotus and the Society Islands.

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