Forreria belcheri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Forreria belcheri | |
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image of a shell of Forreria belcheri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Forreria |
Species: | F. belcheri
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Binomial name | |
Forreria belcheri (R.B. Hinds, 1843)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Murex belcheri Hinds, 1843 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 64 mm and 187 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off California, USA, to Central Baja California, Mexico.
References
edit- ^ a b Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Forreria belcheri.
- "Forreria belcheri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.