Murex hystricosus | |
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Shell of Murex hystricosus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. hystricosus |
Binomial name | |
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001 | |
Synonyms | |
Murex (Murex) hystricosusHouart & Dharma, 2001· accepted, alternate representation |
Murex hystricosus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. [1]
This marine species occurs off Sumatra, Indonesia.
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