Muricopsis pauxilla

Muricopsis pauxilla
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla
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. pauxilla
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla
(A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms[1]

Murex pauxillus A. Adams, 1854

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla 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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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed in the Sea of Cortez, along Western Mexico

References

  1. ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407805 on 1 May 2011.

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