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

Xastilia kosugei
Shell of Xastilia kosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Xastilia
Species:
X. kosugei
Binomial name
Xastilia kosugei
Bouchet & Houart, 1994

Description

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Distribution

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The marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Ridge, South Pacific.

References

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  • Bouchet, P. & Houart, R. (1994). A new coralliophilid-like muricid from the Coral Sea. Journal of Conchology. 35(2): 131-135
  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.