Muricopsis rutila

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

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rutilus (Reeve, 1846)

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

Subspecies

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Ghana.

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