Murex brevispina
| Murex brevispina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. brevispina |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Tubicauda brevispina Jousseaume, 1880 | |
Murex brevispina, 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]
References
- ↑ Houart, R. (2009). Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404973 on 2010-05-18
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