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Murex queenslandicus

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Species of gastropod

Murex queenslandicus
Shell of Murex queenslandicus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species: M. queenslandicus
Binomial name
Murex queenslandicus
Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Synonyms

Murex (Murex) queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation

Murex queenslandicus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia

References

  1. 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

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Taxon identifiers
Murex queenslandicus


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