Onustus indicus
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Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Onustus indicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
Onustus indicus is distributed in the tropical Indian Ocean (excluding Arabian Sea), the central Indo-Pacific and the westernmost Pacific (Hong Kong to southern Indonesia) as well as in northern tropical-subtropical eastern and western Australia. It can be found between 4 and 150 m.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 August 2021.
- ^ Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): Recent Xenophoridae. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-26-0.
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Categories:
- Xenophoridae
- Gastropods described in 1791
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
- Hypsogastropoda stubs