Phos textus

Phos textus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Phos
Species:	P. textus
Binomial name
Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum cancellatumQuoy & Gaimard, 1833 Buccinum pyrostomaL. Reeve, 1842 Buccinum textumGmelin, 1791 Phos textum(Gmelin, 1791) Phos variansG. B. Sowerby II, 1859

Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. ^[1]

Taxon inquirendum

• Phos textus var. rhodostomaE. von Martens, 1880

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.

References

1. Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 21 October 2010.

• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76–115.

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1–264; 2(1): 1-321
• Reeve, L. A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London.