Fusiaphera macrospira
Appearance
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Fusiaphera macrospira, common name the big-spired nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Eastern Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fusiaphera macrospira (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Fusiaphera macrospira". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428 pp.
- Bouchet P. & Petit R. E. (2008). "New species and new records of southwest Pacific Cancellariidae". The Nautilus 122(1): 1–18.