| Murex (Promurex) protocrassus | |
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| Shell of Murex protocrassus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. protocrassus |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex protocrassus Houart, 1990 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990 | |
Murex protocrassus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
- 1 2 Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- Houart, R., 1990. New taxa and new records of Indo-Pacific species of Murex and Haustellum (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Muricinae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 12(2): 329-347, sér. 4° série, part. Section A
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