Semiricinula chrysostoma

Semiricinula chrysostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Semiricinula
Species: S. chrysostoma
Binomial name
Semiricinula chrysostoma
(Deshayes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Semiricinula chrysostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, along Aden and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

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