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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis |
| Species: | M. caribbaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Muricopsis caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
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Description
editThe shell attains a length of 15 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles
References
edit- ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- 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
External links
edit- "Muricopsis (Risomurex) caribbaeus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
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