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

Trubatsa unicornis
Shell of Trubatsa unicornis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trubatsa
Species:
T. unicornis
Binomial name
Trubatsa unicornis
Houart, 1991
Synonyms[1]
  • Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) unicornis Houart, 1991 · unaccepted (basionym)
  • Siphonochelus (Trubatsa) unicornis Houart, 1991
  • Siphonochelus unicornis Houart, 1991

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trubatsa unicornis (Houart, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544843 on 2022-06-11
  • Houart, R. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: The Typhinae (Muricidae) from the New Caledonian region with description of five new species. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 223-235.
  • Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.