Pazinotus stimpsonii

Pazinotus stimpsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pazinotus
Species:	P. stimpsonii
Binomial name
Pazinotus stimpsonii (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
Eupleura stimpsoniiDall, 1889

Pazinotus stimpsonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Description

This deepwater species attains a size of 15 mm.

Distribution

This deepwater marine species occurs off Guadeloupe. Also from the Gulf of Mexico, east coast of Florida, and into the Caribbean Sea, south to Barbados.

References

1. Pazinotus stimpsonii (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

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