Hirtomurex winckworthi

Hirtomurex winckworthi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Hirtomurex winckworthi
Shell of Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930), measuring 22.7 mm, trawled in deep water in the Philippines.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Hirtomurex
Species:
H. winckworthi
Binomial name
Hirtomurex winckworthi
(Fulton, 1930)
Synonyms

Latiaxis translucida Kosuge, 1981
Latiaxis winckworthi Fulton, 1930 (basionym)

References

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  • Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585, at p. 548.
  • Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. pp. 272–292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.