Murexsul cuspidatus

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

Murexsul cuspidatus
Shell of Murexsul cuspidatus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Murexsul
Species:
M. cuspidatus
Binomial name
Murexsul cuspidatus
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1879)
Synonyms[1]

Murex cuspidatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1879

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Murexsul cuspidatus (Sowerby, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 – Murex. In: Thesaurus conchyliorum or genera of shells, vol. 4, p. 55 p, 24 pls


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