Antillophos grateloupianus

Antillophos grateloupianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]

Antillophos grateloupianus
Shell of Antillophos grateloupianus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Antillophos
Species:
A. grateloupianus
Binomial name
Antillophos grateloupianus
(Petit, 1853)
Synonyms[1]

Phos grateloupianus Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 (basionym)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References
  1. Antillophos grateloupianus (Petit, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2011.
  • Petit de la Saussaye S. (1853). Notice sur le genre Phos de Denys de Montfort, avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 3: 235–245, pl. 8.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.


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