Murex ternispina (also known as Murex Nigrospinosus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Murex ternispina
Murex ternispina shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. ternispina
Binomial name
Murex ternispina
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]

Murex nigrispinosus Reeve, 1845

Distribution

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It mainly occurs in Western Pacific Ocean

Description

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Murex ternispina on a 1969 Indonesia postage stamp.

References

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  1. ^ a b Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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