Xanthochorus buxeus

Xanthochorus buxeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Xanthochorus
Species: X. buxeus
Binomial name
Xanthochorus buxeus
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Murex boivini Kiener, 1842
Murex broderipii Michelotti, 1841
Murex buxeus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
Murex horridus Broderip in Sowerby, 1833

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

References

  1. 1 2 Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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