Muricopsis fusiformis

Muricopsis fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Muricopsis fusiformis
Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Muricopsis
Species:	M. fusiformis
Binomial name
Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Cantharus (Pollia) multigranosus Maltzan, 1884 (junior synonym) Cantharus multigranosus Maltzan, 1884 Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation Muricopsis (Risomurex) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791) Muricopsis fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation

Subspecies

• Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal

References

• Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new subspecies of Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Angola, western Africa. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 53–58

External links

• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae (Leipzig). pp. 3021-3910
• Maltzan H. F. von. (1884). Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft, 16: 65-73