Xanthochorus cassidiformis

Xanthochorus cassidiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Xanthochorus
Species: X. cassidiformis
Binomial name
Xanthochorus cassidiformis
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Murex squamosus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
Purpura cassidiformis Blainville, 1832
Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833
Pyrula ochroleuca Menke, 1845
Pyrula porphyroidea Philippi, 1887
Pyrula subnodosa Philippi, 1887

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Xanthochorus cassidiformis (Blainville, 1832).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404389 on 25 April 2010.