- Murexsul octogonus
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Murexsul octogonus 
Murexsul ocotgonus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Muricopsinae Genus: Murexsul Species: M. octogonus Binomial name Murexsul octogonus
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)Synonyms[1] - Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
- Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
- Murex peruvianus Sowerby, 1841
- Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927
Murexsul octogonus, or the octagonal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Contents
Description
Distribution
This species is known only from North Island, New Zealand.
References
- ^ a b Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407875 on 24 April 2010.
- Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467 054 8
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Murexsul octogonus ventral view
Murexsul octogonus top view, illustrating the eight-sided profile
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