Hirtomurex marshalli

Hirtomurex marshalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Hirtomurex marshalli
Shell of Hirtomurex marshalli (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Hirtomurex
Species:
H. marshalli
Binomial name
Hirtomurex marshalli
Oliverio, 2008[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia at depths between 350 m and 575 m.

References
  1. Oliverio (2008). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196 : 481–585. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585


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