Alou Rock Shell

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.

References

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
• Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102.