Stramonita rustica

Stramonita rustica
Stramonita rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Stramonita
Species: S. rustica
Binomial name
Stramonita rustica
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860
  • Purpura fasciata Reeve, 1846
  • Purpura minor Hidalgo, 1893
  • Purpura rustica Lamarck, 1822
  • Stramonita bicarinata (Blainville, 1832)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

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