Inermicosta inermicosta
| Inermicosta inermicosta | |
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| Inermicosta inermicosta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Inermicosta |
| Species: | I. inermicosta
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| Binomial name | |
| Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964)
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Inermicosta inermicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Shell size 20–25 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Western Atlantic Ocean along Gabon and Angola.
Trawled on sandy mud bottom at 30–40 metres depth off Rivers State, Nigeria.
References
- ^ a b Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp