Eupleura tampaensis

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

Eupleura tampaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Eupleura
Species:
E. tampaensis
Binomial name
Eupleura tampaensis
(Conrad, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex tampaensis Conrad, 1846
  • Urosalpinx tampaensis (Conrad, 1846)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Florida.

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