Muricopsis fusiformis

Muricopsis fusiformis
Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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]

Subspecies

• Muricopsis fusiformis punctataHouart, 1990

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal

References

1. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new subspecies of Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Angola, western Africa. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 53–58

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae (Leipzig). pp. 3021-3910
• Maltzan H. F. von. (1884). Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft, 16: 65-73