Murexsul reunionensis

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

Murexsul reunionensis
Shell of Murexsul reunionensis (paratype 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. reunionensis
Binomial name
Murexsul reunionensis
Houart, 1985

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Réunion.

References
  1. Murexsul reunionensis Houart, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1985. Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-I. Description of eight new species. Venus 44(3): 159-171


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