Hirtomurex squamosus

Hirtomurex squamosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Coralliophilinae
Genus:	Hirtomurex
Species:	H. squamosus
Binomial name
Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Synonyms[1]
See "List of synonyms"

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

List of synonyms

• Coralliophila alucoides (Blainville, 1829)
• Coralliophila alucoides curta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides depressa Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides modesta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides squamulata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa (Philippi, 1836)
• Coralliophila lamellosa elongata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa inflata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
• Coralliophila turris Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Fusus craticulatus var. pianosana Sturany, 1896
• Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 ex de Cristofori and Jan ms
• Fusus squamosus Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
• Fusus squamulosus Philippi, 1836
• Murex alucoides Blainville, 1829
• Ocinebrina ruderata pianosana Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• ? Pseudomurex monterosatoi Locard, 1897
• ? Pseudomurex perfectus Fischer P., 1883
• ? Pseudomurex ruderatus Sturany, 1896 ex Monterosato ms.

Distribution

THis species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranena Sea off Greece,; in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550030 on 2014-12-04

• Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481-585.

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