Murexsul spiculus

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

Murexsul spiculus
Shell of Murexsul spiculus (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Murexsul
Species:
M. spiculus
Binomial name
Murexsul spiculus
(Houart, 1987)
Synonyms[1]

Muricopsis spiculus Houart, 1987

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Coral Sea .

References
  1. Murexsul spiculus (Houart, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1987. Description of three new muricid Gastropods from the south-western Pacific Ocean with comments on new geographical data. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 4(8)("1986"): 757–767


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