Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea | |
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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: | Risomurex |
Species: | M. rosea |
Binomial name | |
Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea (Reeve, 1846) |
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Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea, common name : the pink drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Contents |
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin.