Muricopsis caribbaea
| Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis |
| Subgenus: | Muricopsis |
| Species: | M. caribbaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell attains a length of 15 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles
References
- 1 2 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
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