Phyllonotus oculatus

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Phyllonotus oculatus
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Shell of Phyllonotus oculatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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P. oculatus
Binomial name
Phyllonotus oculatus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) oculatus(Reeve, 1845)
  • Chicoreus oculatus(Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex oculatusReeve, 1845b
  • Phyllonotus pomum f. oculatus(Reeve, 1845)

Phyllonotus oculatus, common name the oculate apple murex, 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 adult shell size varies between 50 mm and 124 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Eastern Brazil.

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