Murex acanthostephes
Murex acanthostephes | |
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Shell of Murex acanthostephes (specimen at Beijing Museum of Natural History) | |
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Superfamily: | Muricoidea
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Species: | M. acanthostephes
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Murex acanthostephes Watson, 1883
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Murex (Murex) acanthostephes R. B. Watson, 1883· accepted, alternate representation |
Murex acanthostephes is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
References[]
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
Categories:
- Muricidae
- Gastropods described in 1883
- Muricidae stubs