Onustus indicus

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Onustus indicus
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O. indicus
Binomial name
Onustus indicus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791
  • Xenophora wagneri Philippi, 1855
  • Xenophorus helvaceus Philippi, 1852
  • Xenophora indica (Gmelin, 1791)

Onustus indicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]

Description[]

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[]

  1. ^ a b Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791). MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (1999): Recent Xenophoridae. 148 pp. incl. 28 color plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-26-0.

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