Murex coppingeri

Murex coppingeri is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

Murex coppingeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. coppingeri
Binomial name
Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884
Synonyms
Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

This species occurs in the Arafura Sea.

External links

• Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History). xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates.]