Bolinus

Bolinus
Two shells of the spiny dye-murex, Bolinus brandaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Bolinus
Pusch, 1837[1]
Synonyms[2]

Brandaria Monterosato, 1917
Purpura Jousseaume, 1880

Bolinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Bolinus include:

References

  1. ^ Pusch (1837). Polens Palaeont. (2): 134.
  2. ^ a b Bolinus Pusch, 1837.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138189 on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140389 on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140390 on 25 April 2010.