Phos gemmulifer

Phos gemmulifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Phos
Species:	P. gemmulifer
Binomial name
Phos gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000 [1]
Synonyms
Antillophos gemmulifer(Kilburn, 2000) (original combination) Phos (Phos) gemmuliferKilburn, 2000 (basionym) Phos gemmulatus (misspelling)

Phos gemmulifer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails, or dog whelks. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique.

References

1. Kilburn (2000). Ann. Natal Mus. 41 : 203–208. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. MMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phos gemmulifer Kilburn, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457697 on 2022-01-08

• Kilburn R.N. 2000. Description of new species of Phos and Nassarius from south-eastern Africa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Buccinidae, Nassariidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 41 :203-208
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

External links

• Fraussen, K., Galindo, L.A. & Rosado, J. (2020). Deep-water Photinae (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) from eastern Africa, with descriptions of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 720: 144–169.
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353