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

Jaton decussatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Jaton
Species:
J. decussatus
Binomial name
Jaton decussatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex decussatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex gibbosus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex jatonus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex lingua Dillwyn, 1817
  • Murex linguavervecina Reeve, 1845
  • Ocenebra gibbosa (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Purpura jatou Jousseaume, 1879

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  1. ^ a b Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.