Lindapterys murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Lindapterys murex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Lindapterys |
Species: | L. murex
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Binomial name | |
Lindapterys murex (Hedley, 1922)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Daphnellopsis murex Hedley, 1922 |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Lindapterys murex (Hedley, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
- Lozouet, P., Ledon, D. & Lesport, J.F. 1993. Le genre Lindapterys (Neogastropoda, Muricidae): un exemple de disjonction de distribution en Domaine Tropical Marin. Geobios 27(1): 39–50
- Houart, R. 1995. The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4 16: 245–297