Phos textus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Phos textus 01.JPG

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| genus = Phos

| species = textus

| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)

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| synonyms =

  • Buccinum cancellatum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Buccinum pyrostoma L. Reeve, 1842
  • Buccinum textum Gmelin, 1791
  • Phos textum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Phos varians G. B. Sowerby II, 1859

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Phos textus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.{{WRMS species|217061|Phos textus (Gmelin, 1791)||21 October 2010}}

Taxon inquirendum

  • Phos textus var. rhodostoma E. von Martens, 1880

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.3 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin and off the Solomon Islands.

References

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  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). ''Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76–115.