Stramonita delessertiana

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

Stramonita delessertiana
Shell of Stramonita delessertiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Stramonita
Species:
S. delessertiana
Binomial name
Stramonita delessertiana
(Orbigny, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 (original combination)
  • Purpura callaoensis sensu Blainville
  • Purpura delessertiana Orbigny, 1841
  • Purpura peruviana Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
  • Stramonita blainvillei (Deshayes, 1844)
  • Thais peruensis Dall, 1909

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Peru.

References

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  • Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016–1032.
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.
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