Dorsanum miran

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Dorsanum miran
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Five views of a shell of Dorsanum miran (Bruguiere, 1799)
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D. miran
Binomial name
Dorsanum miran
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum miran Bruguière, 1789 (original combination)
  • Buccinum politum Lamarck, 1822
  • Bullia miran (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Bullia vitrea Reeve, 1846
  • Dorsanum (Dorsanum) miran (Bruguière, 1789)

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Dorsanum miran, common name : the Moroccan bullia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Senegal and Angola.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dorsanum miran (Bruguière, 1789).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
  • Allmon W.D., 1990 [12 December. Review of the Bullia group (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) with comments on its evolution, biogeography, and phylogeny. Bulletins of American Paleontology 99(335): 179 pp., 15 pls]

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