Phrontis nassiformis

Phrontis nassiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Phrontis nassiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Phrontis
Species:	P. nassiformis
Binomial name
Phrontis nassiformis (Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms
Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842 (original combination) Nassa corpulenta C. B. Adams, 1852 Nassa polygonata Reeve, 1853 Nassa rufolineata Marrat, 1880 Nassarius corpulentus (C. B. Adams, 1852) Nassarius nassiformis (Lesson, 1842)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.

References

• Petit R.E. (1987) A final note on Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842, and Nassarius corpulentus (C.B. Adams, 1852). The Veliger 29(3): 340–348
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356

External links

• Lesson A. (1842). Catalogue des mollusques rares ou nouveaux recueillis dans la Mer du Sud. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 12(39): 198-209
• Reeve, L. A. (1853-1854). Monograph of the genus Nassa. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1–29 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353.