Stramonita rustica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Stramonita rustica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Stramonita
Species:
S. rustica
Binomial name
Stramonita rustica
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860
  • Purpura bicarinata Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura fasciata Reeve, 1846
  • Purpura helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 ·
  • Purpura minor Hidalgo, 1893
  • Purpura rustica Lamarck, 1822
  • Stramonita bicarinata (Blainville, 1832)
  • Thais rustica (Lamarck, 1822)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic ocean off Saint Helena.

References

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  1. ^ a b Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 July 2012.
  • Lamy, Ed., 1918. Notes sur quelques espèces de Purpura déterminées par Blainville dans la collection du Muséum de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 24: 352-357
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016–1032.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.
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