Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Nassa Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Nassa francolina Rank Species | |
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Similar Nassa serta, Drupa morum, Muricodrupa fiscella, Morula granulata, Drupa ricinus | ||
Nassa francolina, common name : the Francolina Jopas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails .
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Description
The shell size varies between 33 mm and 70 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean along Western Australia.
References
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