Pollia rubiginosa
| Pollia rubiginosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Pollia |
| Species: | P. rubiginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pollia rubiginosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, Mozambique and Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 January 2011.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
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