Murex ternispina

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Murex ternispina
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Murex ternispina shell
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 (formerly known as Murex nigrispinosus) 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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Distribution

It mainly occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.


Murex ternispina on a 1969 Indonesia postage stamp. 1969 Indonesia stamp Murex ternispina.jpg
Murex ternispina on a 1969 Indonesia postage stamp.

References

  1. 1 2 Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.