Murichorda fiscellum

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Murichorda fiscellum, common name : the little basket drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Murichorda fiscellum
Shell of Murichorda fiscellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murichorda
Species:
M. fiscellum
Binomial name
Murichorda fiscellum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Coralliophila confragosa H. & A. Adams, 1864
  • Cronia fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cronia (Muricodrupa) funiculus (Wood, 1828)
  • Drupa decussata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Drupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Morula fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Morula (Morula) triangulata Pease, W.H., 1868
  • Murex (Ocinebra) fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791) (superseded combination)
  • Murex decussatus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex fiscellum Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Murex funiculus Wood, 1828
  • Murex iostoma Sowerby, 1834
  • Murex moriformis Lesson, 1844
  • Murex muricoides Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1854
  • Murex ricinuloides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Muricodrupa fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricodrupa stellaris Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Purpura fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Purpura muricoides Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Purpura nympha Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura pothuani Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
  • Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot in Rousseau, 1854
  • Ricinula decussata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Ricinula decussata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Ricinula fiscellum
  • Sistrum triangulatum Pease, 1868

Description

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The shell size varies between 14 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Réunion and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74
  • Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52
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