| Muricopsis fusiformis | |
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| Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis |
| Species: | M. fusiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricopsis fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Senegal
References
- 1 2 Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new subspecies of Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Angola, western Africa. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 53–58
External links
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae (Leipzig). pp. 3021-3910
- Maltzan H. F. von. (1884). Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft, 16: 65-73
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