Pseudopolinices nanus

Pseudopolinices nanus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Pseudopolinices nanus
Scientific classification
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Polinicinae
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P. nanus
Binomial name
Pseudopolinices nanus
(Møller, 1842)
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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842). Gofas, S. (2009). Pseudopolinices nanus (Møller, 1842). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140551 on 17 June 2010 .
  • Brunel, P., L. Bosse, & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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