Muricopsis fusiformis

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Muricopsis fusiformis
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Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. fusiformis
Binomial name
Muricopsis fusiformis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cantharus (Pollia) multigranosusMaltzan, 1884 (junior synonym)
  • Cantharus multigranosusMaltzan, 1884
  • Murex fusiformisGmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis(Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis(Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) fusiformis(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricopsis fusiformis fusiformis(Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation

Muricopsis fusiformis 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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Subspecies

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal

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