Inermicosta inermicosta
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| Species: | I. inermicosta |
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Inermicosta inermicosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Shell size 20-25 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Western Atlantic Ocean along Gabon and Angola.
Trawled on sandy mud bottom at 30-40 metres depth off Rivers State, Nigeria.
References
- ^ a b Inermicosta inermicosta (Vokes, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp