Cronia avenacea

Cronia avenacea
Cronia avenacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Cronia
Subgenus: Usilla
Species: C. avenacea
Binomial name
Cronia avenacea
(Lesson, 1842)
Synonyms[1]

Buccinum avenacea Lesson, 1842
Planaxis cingulata Gould, 1861
Planaxis gouldii Smith, 1872
Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863
Purpura variabilis Deshayes, 1863
Vexilla fusconigra Pease, 1860

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398802 on 24 April 2010.

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