Muricopsis suga

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

Subspecies
  • Muricopsis suga discissus Houart, 1990
  • Muricopsis suga suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)

Muricopsis suga
Shell of Muricopsis suga (Paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Muricopsis
Species:
M. suga
Binomial name
Muricopsis suga
(Fischer Piette, 1942)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)
  • Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) suga Fischer-Piette, 1942
  • Tritonalia suga Fischer-Piette, 1942 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References
  1. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer Piette, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Adanson, M., 1757 -Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
  • Fischer-Piette, E. (1942). Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie, 85: 101–366, pls. 1–16
  • Houart, R. & Vokes, E., 1986. An evaluation of the taxa Muricopsis and Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae), with one new species of Risomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 19(1): 63-90
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