Pisania fasciculata

Pisania fasciculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Pisania fasciculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Pisania
Species:
P. fasciculata
Binomial name
Pisania fasciculata
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum fasciculatum Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Pisania crenilabrum A. Adams, 1855
  • Pisania montrouzieri Crosse, 1862

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

References
  1. Pisania fasciculata (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
  • Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. pp. 16–52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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