Haustrum lacunosum

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Haustrum lacunosum
Haustrum lacunosum (MNHN-IM-2000-1620).jpeg
Shell of Haustrum lacunosum (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Haustrum
Species:
H. lacunosum
Binomial name
Haustrum lacunosum
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum bicostatumBruguière, 1789
  • Buccinum lacunosaBruguière, 1789
  • Lepsithais lacunosa(Bruguière, 1789)
  • Lepsithais youngiFinlay, 1928
  • Polytropa squamataHutton, 1878
  • Purpura rupestrisValenciennes, 1846
  • Purpura striatumsensu Martyn Deshayes, 1844

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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