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Brasityphis barrosi

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Brasityphis barrosi
Shell of Brasithyphis barrosi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Brasityphis
Species:
B. barrosi
Binomial name
Brasityphis barrosi
Absalão & Santos, 2003[1]

Brasityphis barrosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Northeastern Brazil.

References

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  • Absalao, R.S. & Dos Santos, F., 2003. A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 279: 1-6