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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. carbonnieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881) | |
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Distribution
This species origin is in the Red Sea.
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
- Jousseaume, F. (1881). Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste. 3(44): 349-350
- A.H. (1950). New marine mollusks from Dominica, B. W. I. The Nautilus. 63: 126-128, pls 9-10
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