Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Peristerniinae Scientific name Leucozonia nassa Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Fasciolariidae Genus Leucozonia Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Latirus, Stramonita rustica, Fasciolariidae, Fasciolaria tulipa, Dolicholatirus | ||
Leucozonia nassa, common name: the chestnut nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
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Description
The shell size varies between 22 mm and 68 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean it is distributed from North Carolina to Central Brazil.
References
Leucozonia nassa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA