Tribulus planospira | |
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Tribulus planospira shells | |
Scientific classification | |
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
Species |
Tribulus planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
As of 2019 [update] , 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]
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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Chorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Callipara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Macron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Buccinoidea.
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Caesia is a genus of sea snails in the subfamily Nassariinae of the family Nassariidae.
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