Muricopsis pauxilla | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 |
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 18 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2011) |
This marine species is distributed in the Gulf of California, along Western Mexico