Calcitrapessa leeana

Calcitrapessa leeana
Illustration of the shell of the mollusk Calcitrapessa leeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Calcitrapessa
Species:	C. leeana
Binomial name
Calcitrapessa leeana (Dall, 1890)
Synonyms [1]
Murex leeanusDall, 1890 Murex (Chicoreus) leeanusDall, 1890 (basionym) Pteropurpura (Calcitrapessa) leeana(Dall, 1890) Pteropurpura leeana(Dall, 1890)

Calcitrapessa leeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Baja California.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Calcitrapessa leeana (Dall, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992301 on 2022-02-25

External links

• Dall, W. H. (1890). Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross". No. VII. Preliminary report on the collection of Mollusca and Brachiopoda obtained in 1887–'88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 12 (773): 219-362, pls 5-14
• Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335