Muricanthus ambiguus

Muricanthus ambiguus
Muricanthus ambiguus
Shell of Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845), and operculum, measuring 98.5 mm in height, from Ft. Kobbe, in Panama.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Muricanthus
Species: M. ambiguus
Binomial name
Muricanthus ambiguus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Murex ambiguus Reeve, 1845
Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958

Muricanthus ambiguus 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 Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406196 on 24 April 2010.

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