Siphonochelus angustus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Siphonochelus angustus | |
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Shell of Siphonochelus angustus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Siphonochelus |
Species: | S. angustus
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Binomial name | |
Siphonochelus angustus Houart, 1991
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Synonyms[1] | |
Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) angustus Houart, 1991 |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 6.7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Coral Sea off the Lord Howe ridge
References
edit- ^ a b Siphonochelus angustus Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: The Typhinae (Muricidae) from the New Caledonian region with description of five new species. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 223-235.
- Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.