| Murex ternispina | |
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| Murex ternispina shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. ternispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Murex nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845 | |
Murex ternispina (also known as Murex Nigrospinosus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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It mainly occurs in Western Pacific Ocean
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