Stramonita biserialis

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

Stramonita biserialis
Stramonita biserialis shells
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S. biserialis
Binomial name
Stramonita biserialis
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura bicostalis Linnaeus, 1816
  • Purpura biserialis Blainville, 1832
  • Purpura haematura Valenciennes, 1846
  • Purpura peruviana Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
  • Thais peruensis Dall, 1909

Description

Smooth form

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

References

  • Blainville H.M.D. de , 1832. Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 1: 189-264
  • Fischer-Piette, E. & Beigbeder, J., 1943. Catalogue des types de gastéropodes marins conservés au laboratoire de Malacologie. II. - Tritonalia ; Thyphis ; Trophon. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2° série, 15(5): 324-328
  • Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016-1032
  • Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102.


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