Murex troscheli

Murex troscheli
A shell of Murex troscheli.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Subgenus: Murex
Species: M. troscheli
Binomial name
Murex troscheli
Lischke, 1868

Murex troscheli, also known as Troschel's 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

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Murex troscheli Lischke, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564259 on 2011-03-09


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