Bouchetia hystricina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Shell of Bouchetia hystricina (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Species: | B. hystricina
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Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 21 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406286 on 2020-06-16
- 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
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 174