Muricopsis suga
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| Shell of Muricopsis suga (Paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Muricopsis |
| Species: | M. suga
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| Binomial name | |
| Muricopsis suga (Fischer Piette, 1942)
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Muricopsis suga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- Muricopsis suga discissus Houart, 1990
- Muricopsis suga suga (Fischer-Piette, 1942)
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Muricopsis (Muricopsis) suga (Fischer Piette, 1942). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Adanson, M., 1757 -Histoire naturelle du Sénégal. Coquillages, p. 275 p, 19 pls
- Fischer-Piette, E. (1942). Les mollusques d'Adanson. Journal de Conchyliologie, 85: 101–366, pls. 1–16
- Houart, R. & Vokes, E., 1986. An evaluation of the taxa Muricopsis and Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae), with one new species of Risomurex. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 19(1): 63-90
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