Maculotriton serriale
| Maculotriton serriale | |
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| Two views of s shell of Maculotriton serriale (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
| Genus: | Maculotriton |
| Species: | M. serriale |
| Binomial name | |
| Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand and North and East Australia.
References
- 1 2 3 Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
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