Cytharomorula benedicta
Appearance
Cytharomorula benedicta | |
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Shell of Cytharomorula benedicta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
Genus: | Cytharomorula |
Species: | C. benedicta
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Binomial name | |
Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Murex (Ocinebra) benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895 |
Cytharomorula benedicta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732188 on 2019-01-06
- Houart R. (2013) Revised classification of a group of small species of Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex 14(2): 25-34