Murex queenslandicus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
Murex queenslandicus | |
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Shell of Murex queenslandicus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. queenslandicus
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Binomial name | |
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
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Synonyms | |
Murex (Murex) queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation |
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia
References
edit- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
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