Nassa serta

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

Nassa serta
Apertural view of Nassa serta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Nassa
Species:
N. serta
Binomial name
Nassa serta
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum coronatum Gmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum sertum Bruguière, 1789
  • Iopas hederacea (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Iopas sertum (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Nassa picta Röding, 1798
  • Stramonita hederacea Schumacher, 1817

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.

References
  1. Nassa serta (Bruguière, 1789). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 December 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Houart R. (1996) The genus Nassa Röding 1798 in the Indo-West Oacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63
  • "Nassa serta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.


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