| Hirtomurex squamosus | |
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| Shell of Hirtomurex squamosus (neotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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]
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.