Pascula ochrostoma

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Pascula ochrostoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pascula
Species:
P. ochrostoma
Binomial name
Pascula ochrostoma
(Blaidnville, 1832)
Synonyms [1]
  • Clathurella cavernosa Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Cronia ochrostoma(Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupa ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Drupella ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Mancinella mancinella
  • Purpura ochrostomade Blainville, 1832 (basionym)
  • Ricinula cavernosaReeve, 1846
  • Ricinula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 11 and 35 mm (0.43 and 1.38 in)

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is also known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.

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