Funa asra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Funa asra
Apertural view of a shell of Funa asra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Funa
Species:
F. asra
Binomial name
Funa asra
Kilburn, 1988

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, and Mozambique.

References edit

  1. ^ Funa asra Kilburn, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320

External links edit

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Funa asra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.