Pagodula mucrone

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

Pagodula mucrone
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Pagodula
Species:
P. mucrone
Binomial name
Pagodula mucrone
(Houart, 1991)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon mucrone Houart, 1991

Description

The length of the shell attains 26.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil

References
  1. Pagodula mucrone (Houart, 1991). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Marshall B.A. & Houart R. (2011) The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1): 89–114.


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