Muricanthus ambiguus

Muricanthus ambiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Muricanthus ambiguus
Shell and operculum, 98.5 mm high
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricanthus
Species:
M. ambiguus
Binomial name
Muricanthus ambiguus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex ambiguus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex melanoleuca Mørch, 1852
  • Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central and southern Gulf of California to the Pearl Islands, Panama.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406196 on 2021-08-25


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