Murex tenuirostrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Murex tenuirostrum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. tenuirostrum
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Binomial name | |
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822
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SynonymsLamarck, 1822 | |
Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation |
- Subspecies
- Murex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988: synonym of Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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