''Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii'' is a
subspecies of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex kuesterianus bozzadamii (Franchi, 1990)]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Somalia
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.
References
* Franchi F. (1990). A new Muricanthus from the Indian Ocean. La Conchiglia 256: 43-45. page(s): 43-45
Muricidae
Gastropods described in 1990
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