Hirtomurex nakamurai

Hirtomurex nakamurai is a species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, which are the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Hirtomurex nakamurai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Hirtomurex
Species:
H. nakamurai
Binomial name
Hirtomurex nakamurai
Kosuge, 1985

Distribution

This species is found in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[1]

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598751 on 2019-01-06
  2. Kosuge S. & Suzuki M. (1985). Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication. 1: v + 83 pp., 50 pls.


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