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.