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Rhizochilus antipathum

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Species of gastropod

Rhizochilus antipathum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Coralliophilinae
Genus: Rhizochilus
Species: R. antipathum
Binomial name
Rhizochilus antipathum
Steenstrup, 1850
Synonyms

Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953

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

Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 20 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2011)

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. ^ Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
  • 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.

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Taxon identifiers
Rhizochilus antipathum


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