Muricanthus ambiguus

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Muricanthus ambiguus
Hexaplex Ambigus B.jpg
Shell and operculum, 98.5 mm high
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricanthus
Species:
M. ambiguus
Binomial name
Muricanthus ambiguus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) ambiguus(Reeve, 1845)
  • Hexaplex ambiguus(Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex ambiguusReeve, 1845
  • Murex melanoleucaMørch, 1852
  • Muricanthus ambiguus(Reeve, 1845)

Muricanthus ambiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central and southern Gulf of California to the Pearl Islands, Panama.

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<i>Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406196 on 2021-08-25