Onustus indicus
| Onustus indicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
| Family: | Xenophoridae |
| Genus: | Onustus |
| Species: | O. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791 | |
Onustus indicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Distribution
Onustus indicus is distributed in the tropical Indian Ocean (excluding Arabian Sea), the central Indo-Pacific and the westernmost Pacific (Hong Kong to southern Indonesia) as well as in northern tropical-subtropical eastern and western Australia. It can be found between 4 and 150 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=468053 on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): Recent Xenophoridae. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-26-0.
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