Muricopsis fusiformis

Muricopsis fusiformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Subspecies
  • Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990

Muricopsis fusiformis
Shell of Muricopsis fusiformis punctata (paratype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Muricopsis
Subgenus:
Muricopsis
Species:
M. fusiformis
Binomial name
Muricopsis fusiformis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cantharus (Pollia) multigranosus Maltzan, 1884 (junior synonym)
  • Cantharus multigranosus Maltzan, 1884
  • Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Muricopsis fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)· accepted, alternate representation

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal

References
  1. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1990. Description of two new subspecies of Muricopsis (Risomurex) (Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Angola, western Africa. Publicacoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 15: 53–58
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