Murex tenuirostrum

Murex tenuirostrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. tenuirostrum
Binomial name
Murex tenuirostrum
Lamarck, 1822
SynonymsLamarck, 1822

Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation

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

Subspecies
  • Murex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988: synonym of Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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