Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae.[1]
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ a b 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 Pacific (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae: Rapaninae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 126(1–2):51–63
External links edit
- "Nassa serta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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