Phyllonotus margaritensis

Phyllonotus margaritensis
Phyllonotus margaritensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Phyllonotus
Species: P. margaritensis
Binomial name
Phyllonotus margaritensis
(Abbott, 1958)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) margaritensis (Abbott, 1958)
  • Chicoreus margaritensis (Abbott, 1958)
  • Murex imperialis Swainson, 1831 (Invalid: junior homonym of Murex imperialis Fischer, 1807; Murex margaritensis is a replacement name)
  • Murex margaritensis Abbott, 1958

Phyllonotus margaritensis, common name : the Margarita Murex, 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 size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela and Trinidad.

References

  1. ^ a b Phyllonotus margaritensis (Abbott, 1958).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568021  on 23 June 2011.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 116

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