| Murex (Promurex) protocrassus | |
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| Shell of Murex protocrassus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Family: | Muricidae | 
| Genus: | Murex | 
| Species: | M. protocrassus | 
| Binomial name | |
| Murex protocrassus Houart, 1990 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
| Murex (Promurex) protocrassusHouart, 1990 | |
Murex protocrassus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.