Muricopsis deformis

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

Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846
Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984
Sistrum ferrugineus rubidum Dall, 1889

Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis 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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