''Hirtomurex'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Coralliophilinae
Coralliophilinae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group, a family (biology), subfamily of about 200–250 sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks commonly known as the coral snails or coral shells. This is a subfamily within the ve ...
, the coral snails, within 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 and rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Hirtomurex'' include:
* ''
Hirtomurex filiaregis''
(Kurohara, 1959)
* ''
Hirtomurex guoi''
Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016
* ''
Hirtomurex isshikiensis'' (Shikama, 1971)
* ''
Hirtomurex kawamurai''
(Shikama, 1978)
* ''
Hirtomurex marshalli''
Oliverio, 2008
* ''
Hirtomurex nakamurai''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Hirtomurex oyamai''
Kosuge, 1985
* ''
Hirtomurex scobina''
(Kilburn, 1973)
* ''
Hirtomurex senticosus''
(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)
* ''
Hirtomurex squamosus'' (
Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
* ''
Hirtomurex tangaroa''
Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
* ''
Hirtomurex taranui''
Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
* ''
Hirtomurex teramachii''
(Kuroda, 1959)
* ''
Hirtomurex winckworthi''
(Fulton, 1930)
References
* Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68–71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
* Oliverio, M. (2008). ''Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific.'' in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.
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