Haustellum barbieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Haustellum |
| Species: | H. barbieri
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| Haustellum barbieri Houart, 1993
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Description
editIt is a club-shaped sea snail with light color combinations variating between yellow, gray, brown on some cases, and white. It is a big sea snail, measuring over 97.6mm.
Distribution
editMost descriptions and reports come mainly from Madagascar.
References
edit- ^ Haustellum barbieri Houart, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
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