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Phos scitamentus

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2738729 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phos scitamentus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae.

References

Fraussen K. & Poppe G.T. (2005) Revision of Phos and Antillophos (Buccinidae) from the Central Philippines. Visaya 1(5): 76-115.

Dekkers A.M. & Dekker H. (2020). A new small Phos-like genus and species Microphos palogai (Gastropoda: Nassariidae: Photinae) from the Philippines. Gloria Maris. 59(3): 98-101.

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“Phos scitamentus” enters the record as species of mollusc. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Phos, scitamentus and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 2020—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Phos, scitamentus and species.
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“Phos scitamentus” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Phos, scitamentus and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2738729. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Phos scitamentus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.