Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Muricopsis caribbaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. caribbaea
Binomial name
Muricopsis caribbaea
(Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus muricoides C.B. Adams, 1845
  • Risomurex caribbaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
  • Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) caribbaea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 (basionym)

Description

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The shell attains a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles

References

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  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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  • "Muricopsis (Risomurex) caribbaeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.