Muricopsis caribbaea

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]
  • Fusus muricoides C.B. Adams, 1845
  • Risomurex caribbaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
  • Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) caribbaea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 (basionym)

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

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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. ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397249 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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