Xastilia kosugei
Xastilia kosugei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Xastilia kosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Xastilia |
| Species: | X. kosugei |
| Binomial name | |
| Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994 | |
Description
Distribution
The marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Ridge, South Pacific.
References
- Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bouchet, P. & Houart, R. (1994). A new coralliophilid-like muricid from the Coral Sea. Journal of Conchology. 35(2): 131-135
- Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
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