Usilla avenacea

Usilla avenacea
	Usilla avenacea shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ergalataxinae
Genus:	Usilla
Species:	U. avenacea
Binomial name
	Usilla avenacea; (Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
	Buccinum avenacea Lesson, 1842; Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842); Planaxis cingulata Gould, 1861; Planaxis gouldii Smith, 1872; Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863; Purpura variabilis Deshayes, 1863; Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860

Usilla avenacea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

References

Bouchet, P. (2017). Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1000272 on 2017-07-23

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