Stramonita brasiliensis

Stramonita brasiliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Stramonita brasiliensis
Shells of Stramonita brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Stramonita
Species:
S. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Stramonita brasiliensis
Claremont & D. G. Reid, 2011

Description

This species attains a size of 65 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in French Guiana,[1] and further South to Bahia, Brazil.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Stramonita brasiliensis Claremont & D. G. Reid, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574250 on 2019-01-06
  2. 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.


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