Mancinella alouina explained

Mancinella alouina, common names alou rock shell, alou rock snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 61 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania; in the Indo-West Pacific.

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Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Mancinella alouina (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714168 on 2019-01-06