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Murexsul aradasii
	Shell of Murexsul aradasii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Murexsul
Species:	M. aradasii
Binomial name
	Murexsul aradasii; (Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms
	Murex aradasii Monterosato in Poirier, 1883; Murex cyclopus Benoit in Monterosato, 1884; Murex diadema Aradas & Benoit, 1876; Murex labiosus var. fasciata Coen, 1933; Murex medicago Watson, 1897; Murex spinulosus Costa, 1861 (not Deshayes, 1835); Muricidea spinulosa (Costa O.G., 1861); Muricidea spinulosa var. scalata Monterosato, 1884; Muricopsis aradasii (Poirier, 1883); Muricopsis diadema (Aradas & Benoit, 1876); Muricopsis diadema var. elongatus Settepassi, 1977; Muricopsis diadema var. horridaus' Settepassi, 1977; Muricopsis diadema var. muticus Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977; Muricopsis diadema var. robustus Settepassi, 1977; Muricopsis medicago (Watson, 1897); Muricopsis spinulosa (Costa O.G., 1861);

Murexsul aradasii 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 7 mm and 18 mm

This species is distributed in European waters along Madeira and the Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean Sea along Greece.

Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1-186
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213