Murex aduncospinosus

Murex aduncospinosus, also known as the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

Murex aduncospinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Genus:
Murex
Species:
M. aduncospinosus
Binomial name
Murex aduncospinosus
Sowerby, 1841
Synonyms

Murex ternispina var. aduncospinosus (Beck MS) Sowerby, 1841

References
  1. Houart, R. (2009). Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404971 on 2010-05-18


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