Hirtomurex squamosus

Hirtomurex squamosus
Shell of Hirtomurex squamosus (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Hirtomurex
Species:	H. squamosus
Binomial name
Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Synonyms
See "List of synonyms"

Hirtomurex squamosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

List of synonyms

• Coralliophila alucoides (Blainville, 1829)
• Coralliophila alucoides curta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides depressa Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides modesta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides squamulata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa (Philippi, 1836)
• Coralliophila lamellosa elongata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa inflata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
• Coralliophila turris Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Fusus craticulatus var. pianosana Sturany, 1896
• Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 ex de Cristofori and Jan ms
• Fusus squamosus Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
• Fusus squamulosus Philippi, 1836
• Murex alucoides Blainville, 1829
• Ocinebrina ruderata pianosana Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• ? Pseudomurex monterosatoi Locard, 1897
• ? Pseudomurex perfectus Fischer P., 1883
• ? Pseudomurex ruderatus Sturany, 1896 ex Monterosato ms.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Corsica; in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

• Settepassi F. (1977). Atlante Malacologico. I molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume II. 304 pp. Museo di Zoologia, Roma
• Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585.
• Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3-44.

External links

• Media related to Hirtomurex squamosus at Wikimedia Commons
• Bivona-Bernardi And. (1838). Generi et specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia. 61: 211-227 [stated date March 1838; 63: 319-324 [stated date September 1838] [also as reprint, 16 pp, 1 pl., tipografia del Giornale Letterario, Palermo ]
• Blainville H.M.D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in] Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl.
• Sturany, R. (1896). Zoologische Ergebnisse VII. Mollusken I (Prosobranchier und Opisthobranchier; Scaphopoden; Lamellibranchier) gesammelt von S.M. Schiff "Pola" 1890-1894. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlischen Classe. 63: 1-36, pl. 1-2
• Fischer P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). Journal de Conchyliologie 30: 49-53 [1882], 273-277