Murex brevispina

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Murex brevispina, also known as the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

Murex brevispina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. brevispina
Binomial name
Murex brevispina
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
  • Murex (Murex) brevispina Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation
  • Tubicauda brevispina Jousseaume, 1880
Subspecies
  • Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
  • Murex brevispina ornamentalis Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
  • Murex brevispina senilis Jousseaume, 1874
  • Murex brevispina toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2020
  • Murex brevispina albus Bozzetti, 2020: synonym of Murex brevispina toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2020 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex craticulatus var. albus Scacchi, 1836; M. brevispina toliaraensis is a replacement name)

References

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  1. ^ Houart, R. (2009). Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404973 on 2010-05-18
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
  • Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
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