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Phrontis alba

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Species of gastropod

Phrontis alba
Phrontis alba shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Phrontis
Species: P. alba
Binomial name
Phrontis alba
(Say, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Nassa alba Say, 1826
  • Nassa annelifera Reeve, 1853
  • Nassa candei d'Orbigny in Sagra, 1843
  • Nassa clathratula A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa obtusata A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa pura Marrat, 1877
  • Nassa quinquecostata Marrat, 1880
  • † Nassarius (Uzita) floridensis Olsson, A.A. & A. Harbison, 1953
  • Nassarius (Uzita) albus (Say, 1826)
  • Uzita alba (Say, 1826)

Phrontis alba, common name the variable dog whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

The variety Nassarius albus var. nanus Nowell-Usticke, 1959 is a synonym of Phrontis karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1971

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina, USA to Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Marshall, B. (2016). Phrontis alba (Say, 1826). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877063 on 2017-04-27
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Petuch E.J. & Myers R.F. (2014). Molluscan communities of the Florida Keys and adjacent areas. Their ecology and biodiversity. CRC Press, Boca Raton. 300 pp.
  • Galindo L.A., Puillandre N., Utge J., Lozouet P. & Bouchet P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353

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Taxon identifiers
Nassarius albus


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