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

Murexsul octogonus
Murexsul ocotgonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murexsul
Species:
M. octogonus
Binomial name
Murexsul octogonus
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Murexsul) ednae M. Smith, 1940 (original combination; junior synonym)
  • Murex ednae M. Smith, 1940
  • Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (original combination)
Murex peruvianus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex peruvianus Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927
  • Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 35.6 mm.

Distribution

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This species is known only from North Island, New Zealand.

References

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  • Finlay, H.J. (1927). Additions to the recent molluscan fauna of New Zealand. No. 2. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 485-487.
  • Ponder, W. F. 1968. Nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand rachiglossan gastropods with descriptions of five new species. Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(4):29-47.
  • Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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Murexsul octogonus ventral view
 
Murexsul octogonus top view, illustrating the eight-sided profile