Murexsul sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Murexsul sunderlandi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murexsul |
| Species: | M. sunderlandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Murexsul sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricopsis sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 | |
Description
editOriginal description: "Shell very thin, lightweight, with high protracted spire and long, straight siphonal canal; shell with 3 varices per whorl; varices thin, low, with 3 thin spines; spine on shoulder longest; siphonal canal with 1 short spine near junction with body whorl; aperture large, flaring; parietal shield large, erect, nonadherent; shell color pale tan overlaid with 8-10 reddish-brown spiral lines; intervarical regions with 5 low, faintly nodose axial ribs; area between spines on varices with numerous reddish-brown ribs; ribs correspond to spiral lines of intervarical regions; interior of aperture white, with reddish-brown lines showing through."[2]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Off Cabo La Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Murexsul sunderlandi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 98, 99. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 98. 1987. Publ: CERF
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