Muricopsis fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Muricopsis fusiformis | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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- Subspecies
- Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Senegal
References
edit- ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- 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
edit- 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
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