Muricopsis rutila

Muricopsis rutila
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Subgenus: Muricopsis
Species: M. rutila
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rutilus (Reeve, 1846)

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila, common name : the beaded drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Subspecies

  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991 : this species is endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe (synonyms : Muricopsis (Risomurex) rutilus mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991; Muricopsis mariangelae Rolan & Fernandes, 1991)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846): this species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Ghana (synonym : Ricinula rutilus Reeve, 1846 (basionym) )

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along Ghana.

References

  1. ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408700 on 28 December 2010.

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