Muricopsis caribbaea

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Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea
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M. caribbaea
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
Synonyms [1]
  • Fusus muricoidesC.B. Adams, 1845
  • Risomurex caribbaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
  • Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) caribbaeaBartsch & Rehder, 1939 (basionym)

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea 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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Description

The shell attains a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles

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