Nassa tuamotuensis
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| Nassa tuamotuensis | |
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| Shell of Nassa tuamotuensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Nassa |
| Species: | N. tuamotuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nassa tuamotuensis Houart, 1996 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpura francolinus Kiener, 1835 | |
Nassa tuamotuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae.[1]
The shell size varies between 24 mm and 64 mm.
