Tribulus planospira

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Tribulus planospira
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Tribulus planospira shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Tribulus
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Species:
T. planospira
Binomial name
Tribulus planospira
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1] [2]

Genus

  • Murex (Tribulus)
  • PlanithaisBayle in P. Fischer, 1884
  • Purpura (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Thais (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

  • Haustrum pictumPerry, 1811
  • Purpura lineata Lamarck, 1816
  • Purpura planospira Lamarck, 1822

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

Contents

As of 2019, it is the only species in the genus Tribulus included in the World Register of Marine Species. [2] Tribulus has previously been considered a subgenus of the genera Murex , Purpura , and Thais . [2] [3]

Description

The spire is depressed. The whorls are simple, the body whorl ventricose. The aperture is wide. The columella is arcuated. The inner lip is excavated, corrugated at the fore part. [4]

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