Muricopsis pauxilla

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Muricopsis pauxilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. pauxilla
Binomial name
Muricopsis pauxilla
(A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms [1]

Murex pauxillusA. Adams, 1854

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Muricopsis pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854)

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla 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 size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Gulf of California, along Western Mexico

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