Murex carbonnieri

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Murex carbonnieri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. carbonnieri
Binomial name
Murex carbonnieri
(Jousseaume, 1881)
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Synonyms
  • Acupurpura carbonnieriJousseaume, 1881 (original combination)
  • Murex (Murex) carbonnieri(Jousseaume, 1881)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex maculatusA. H. Verrill, 1950 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex maculatus Reeve, 1845)

Murex carbonnieri, also known as Carbonnier's murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 125 mm.

Distribution

This species origin is in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the United Arab Emirates; also off Pakistan, India, Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and the Philippines and Thailand; off Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
Museum specimens Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.197978 - Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Museum specimens