Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Xenophoridae Scientific name Onustus indicus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Xenophoroidea Genus Onustus Rank Species | |
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Onustus indicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.
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.
References
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