Onustus indicus

Onustus indicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Onustus
Species:
O. indicus
Binomial name
Onustus indicus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Trochus indicus Gmelin, 1791
  • Tugurium indicum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Xenophora wagneri Philippi, 1855
  • Xenophorus helvaceus Philippi, 1852
  • Xenophora indica (Gmelin, 1791)

Onustus indicus is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.

Distribution

Onustus indicus is distributed in the tropical Indian Ocean (excluding Arabian Sea), the central Indo-Pacific and the westernmost Pacific (Hong Kong to southern Indonesia) as well as in northern tropical-subtropical eastern and western Australia. It can be found between 4 and 150 m.