Haustrum lacunosum

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

Haustrum lacunosum
Shell of Haustrum lacunosum (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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H. lacunosum
Binomial name
Haustrum lacunosum
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789
  • Buccinum lacunosa Bruguière, 1789
  • Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928
  • Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878
  • Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846
  • Purpura striatum sensu Martyn Deshayes, 1844

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

  • Valenciennes, A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols.
  • Finlay, H. J. (1928). The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 232–286.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp. 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,


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