Mexacanthina

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Mexacanthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus:Mexacanthina
Marko & Vermeij, 1999

Mexacanthina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Sea snail common name for snails that normally live in saltwater

Sea snail is a common name for snails that normally live in salt water, in other words marine gastropods. The taxonomic class Gastropoda also includes snails that live in other habitats, such as land snails and freshwater snails. Many species of sea snails are edible and exploited as food sources by humans.

Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

Species

Species within the genus Mexacanthina include:

Mexacanthina angelica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Mexacanthina lugubris is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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References

  1. ↑ Mexacanthina Marko & Vermeij, 1999 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Mexacanthina angelica (Oldroyd, 1918) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Mexacanthina lugubris (Sowerby, 1821) .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.


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