Phos textus
Species of gastropod
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Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.[1]
| Phos textus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Phos |
| Species: | P. textus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Taxon inquirendum
- Phos textus var. rhodostoma E. von Martens, 1880
Description
The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.
