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Muricopsis fusiformis

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Species of gastropod

Muricopsis fusiformis
Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species: M. fusiformis
Binomial name
Muricopsis fusiformis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Cantharus (Pollia) multigranosus Maltzan, 1884 (junior synonym)
  • Cantharus multigranosus Maltzan, 1884
  • Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricopsis fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation

Muricopsis fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Subspecies
  • Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990

Description

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal

References

  1. ^ Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new subspecies of Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Angola, western Africa. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 53–58

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Taxon identifiers
Muricopsis fusiformis
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