Murex carbonnieri
Murex carbonnieri, also known as Carbonnier's murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
| Murex carbonnieri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. carbonnieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 125 mm.
Distribution
This species origin is in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the United Arab Emirates; also off Pakistan, India, Bangladesh , Sri Lanka and the Philippines and Thailand; off Ethiopia and Eritrea.
References
- Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
External links
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- Jousseaume, F. (1881). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste. 3(44): 349-350
- Verrill A.H. (1950). New marine mollusks from Dominica, B. W. I. The Nautilus. 63: 126-128, pls 9-10
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