Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Pascula ochrostoma | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ergalataxinae Rank Species | |
Similar Muricodrupa, Muricodrupa fiscella, Orania, Ergalatax, Drupella rugosa | ||
Pascula ochrostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, the Seychelles and Tanzania. It is alsdo known from the Western Pacific Ocean, the Philippines and North and Western Australia.
References
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