Nassa francolina
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| Nassa francolina | |
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| Nassa francolina in situ | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nassa |
| Species: | N. francolina |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassa francolina (Bruguière, 1789) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Buccinum francolinus Bruguière, 1789 | |
Nassa francolina, the francolina jopas, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails.[1]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Chagos and the Mascarene Basin and in the Pacific Ocean off Western Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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