Galapagos Species Database

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Phrontis nassiformis (Lesson, 1842)

Gasterópodo, Gastropod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Buccinoidea

Family
Nassariidae

Genus
Phrontis

Species
nassiformis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842, Nassa corpulenta C. B. Adams, 1852, Nassa polygonata Reeve, 1853, Nassa rufolineata Marrat, 1880, Nassarius corpulentus (C. B. Adams, 1852), Nassarius nassiformis (Lesson, 1842) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos. Kaiser, K. L. (1997). The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos /. In The recent molluscan marine fauna of the Islas Galápagos / (p. 76). https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129924.

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