Muricopsis suga

Muricopsis suga
Shell of Muricopsis suga (Paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Muricopsis
Species:	M. suga
Binomial name
Muricopsis suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
Synonyms [1]
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga(Fischer-Piette, 1942)· accepted, alternate representation Muricopsis (Risomurex) suga(Fischer-Piette, 1942) Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) sugaFischer-Piette, 1942 Tritonalia sugaFischer-Piette, 1942 (original combination)

Muricopsis suga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Muricopsis suga discissusHouart, 1990
• Muricopsis suga suga(Fischer-Piette, 1942)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

1. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer Piette, 1942) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Adanson, M., 1757 -Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
• Fischer-Piette, E. (1942). Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie, 85: 101–366, pls. 1–16
• Houart, R. & Vokes, E., 1986. An evaluation of the taxa Muricopsis and Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae), with one new species of Risomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 19(1): 63-90

External links

• MNHN, Paris: Muricopsis suga discissus Houart, 1990 (holotype)