Hirtomurex squamosus

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Hirtomurex squamosus
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Shell of Hirtomurex squamosus (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hirtomurex
Species:
H. squamosus
Binomial name
Hirtomurex squamosus
(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Synonyms [1]

See "List of synonyms"

Hirtomurex squamosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Contents

List of synonyms

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Corsica; in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550030 on 2014-12-04