Phrontis nassiformis

Phrontis nassiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Phrontis
Species:	P. nassiformis
Binomial name
	Phrontis nassiformis; (Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms
	Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842 (original combination); Nassa corpulenta C. B. Adams, 1852; Nassa polygonata Reeve, 1853; Nassa rufolineata Marrat, 1880; Nassarius corpulentus (C. B. Adams, 1852); Nassarius nassiformis (Lesson, 1842);

Phrontis nassiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galapagos Islands.

Marshall, B. (2016). Phrontis nassiformis (Lesson, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877055 on 2016-05-20

Petit R.E. (1987) A final note on Cancellaria nassiformis Lesson, 1842, and Nassarius corpulentus (C.B. Adams, 1852). The Veliger 29(3): 340–348
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356

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