Cytharomorula paucimaculata

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

Cytharomorula paucimaculata
Shell of Cytharomorula paucimaculata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Cytharomorula
Species:
C. paucimaculata
Binomial name
Cytharomorula paucimaculata
(Sowerby, 1903)
Synonyms[1]

Pentadactylus paucimaculatus Sowerby, 1903

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. Cytharomorula paucimaculata (Sowerby, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Houart R. (2013) Revised classification of a group of small species of Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex 14(2): 25-34


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