Calcitrapessa

Calcitrapessa is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex and rock snails.[1]

Calcitrapessa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Calcitrapessa
Berry, 1959
Type species
Murex (Chicoreus) leeanus Dall, 1890
Synonyms[1]
  • Pteropurpura (Calcitrapessa) Berry, 1959

Species

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Calcitrapessa Berry, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992300 on 2022-02-25
  • Berry, S.S. (1959). Comments on some of the trivaricate muricines. Leaflets in Malacology. 1(17): 106; 1(18): 113–114.



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