Hirtomurex marshalli
Appearance
Hirtomurex marshalli | |
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Shell of Hirtomurex marshalli (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Hirtomurex |
Species: | H. marshalli
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Binomial name | |
Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008[1]
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Hirtomurex marshalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 22 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at depths between 350 m and 575 m.
References
[edit]- ^ Oliverio (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 481–585. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585