| Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis |
| Subgenus: | Muricopsis |
| Species: | M. pauxilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla (A. Adams, 1854) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex pauxillus A. Adams, 1854 |
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Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 18 mm.
This marine species is distributed in the Sea of Cortez, along Western Mexico