Paziella pazi

Paziella pazi
Paziella pazi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Paziella
Species: P. pazi
Binomial name
Paziella pazi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex pazi Crosse, 1869
  • Paziella (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)

Paziella pazi, common name : Paz's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea (Cuba, Belize) and off the coast of Florida .

References

  1. 1 2 Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2011.

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