Murexsul spiculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Murexsul spiculus (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murexsul |
| Species: | M. spiculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Murexsul spiculus (Houart, 1987)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricopsis spiculus Houart, 1987 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Coral Sea .
References
edit- ^ a b Murexsul spiculus (Houart, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1987. Description of three new muricid Gastropods from the south-western Pacific Ocean with comments on new geographical data. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 4(8)("1986"): 757–767
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