Pollia fumosa

Pollia fumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Subfamily: Pisaniinae
Genus: Pollia
Species: P. fumosa
Binomial name
Pollia fumosa
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum fumosum Dillwyn, 1817
Cantharus rubiginosus (Reeve)
Cantharus fumosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
Tritonidea fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817)

Pollia fumosa, common name : the smoky goblet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania and the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.


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