Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Nassa Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Nassa serta Rank Species | |
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Similar Drupa morum, Drupa ricinus, Purpura persica, Drupa, Drupella cornus | ||
Nassa serta, common name the sertum rock shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
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Description
The shell size varies between 38 mm and 70 mm
Distribution
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
Nassa serta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA