Murexsul octogonus

Murexsul octogonus
Murexsul ocotgonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Murexsul
Species: M. octogonus
Binomial name
Murexsul octogonus
(Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Murex peruvianus Sowerby, 1841
  • Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927

Murexsul octogonus, or the octagonal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species is known only from North Island, New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ a b Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407875 on 24 April 2010.