Murex kerslakae

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Murex kerslakae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. kerslakae
Binomial name
Murex kerslakae
Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Synonyms

Murex (Murex) kerslakaePonder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation

Contents

Murex kerslakae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia

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