Haustellum tweedianum

Haustellum tweedianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Haustellum
Species:	H. tweedianum
Binomial name
	Haustellum tweedianum; (Macpherson, 1962)
Synonyms
	Murex espinosus Macpherson, 1959; Murex tweedianus Macpherson, 1962 (basionym); Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962);

Haustellum tweedianum, common name : the Tweed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell of an adult specimen varies between 50 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species can be found off South Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2011.

Macpherson, J.H. 1959. New gastropods from North Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 24: 51–57, 1 pl.
Macpherson, J.H. 1962. New name for Murex espinosus Macp. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 25: 176
Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum 8: 1–160
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 69
Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

External links[]

Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1–160
"Haustellum (Haustellum) tweedianus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] Vokesimurex tweedianus (Macpherson, 1962). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2011.

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