Muricodrupa

Muricodrupa
Muricodrupa
Muricodrupa fiscella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Muricodrupa
Iredale, 1918

Muricodrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Muricodrupa :[2]

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also includes the following names in current use [4]

  • Muricodrupa fusca (Küster, 1868 in 1859-68)
  • Muricodrupa pothuanii (Souleyet in Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852)
  • Muricodrupa stellaris (Hombron & Jaquinot, 1854)

References

  1. ^ Muricodrupa Iredale, 1918.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408065 on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ WoRMS : Muricodrupa
  3. ^ Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408066 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ OBIS : Muricodrupa

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