Muricopsis rosea

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Subgenus: Risomurex
Species: M. rosea
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Morula rosea (Reeve, 1846)
  • Ricinula rosea Reeve, 1846 (basionym)
  • Risomurex roseus (Reeve, 1846)

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea, common name : the pink drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin.

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