Murexsul octogonus
| Murexsul octogonus | |
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| Murexsul ocotgonus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Murexsul |
| Species: | M. octogonus |
| Binomial name | |
| Murexsul octogonus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833) | |
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Murexsul octogonus, or the octagonal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
This species is known only from North Island, New Zealand.
References
- 1 2 Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
External links
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Murexsul octogonus ventral view
Murexsul octogonus top view, illustrating the eight-sided profile
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