Murex protocrassus
Murex (Promurex) protocrassus | |
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Shell of Murex protocrassus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. protocrassus |
Binomial name | |
Murex protocrassus Houart, 1990 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990 |
Murex protocrassus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- Houart, R., 1990. New taxa and new records of Indo-Pacific species of Murex and Haustellum (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Muricinae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 12(2): 329-347, sér. 4° série, part. Section A
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