Muricanthus radix

Muricanthus radix
Shell of Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791), and operculum, measuring 90.3 mm in heigth, from Amador, 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. radix
Binomial name
Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Murex radix Gmelin, 1791 Murex strausi Verrill, 1950 Muricanthus radix

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

Description

Distribution

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Muricanthus radix (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406198 on 24 April 2010.

External links

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