''Hirtomurex squamosus'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the murex snails or rock snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550030 on 2014-12-04]
List of synonyms
* ''Coralliophila alucoides'' (
Blainville, 1829)
* ''Coralliophila alucoides curta''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila alucoides depressa''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila alucoides modesta''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila alucoides squamulata''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila lamellosa''
(Philippi, 1836)
* ''Coralliophila lamellosa elongata''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila lamellosa inflata''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Coralliophila squamosa''
(Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
* ''Coralliophila turris''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ''Fusus craticulatus'' var. ''pianosana''
Sturany, 1896
* ''Fusus lamellosus''
Philippi, 1836 ex de Cristofori and Jan ms
* ''Fusus squamosus''
Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
* ''Fusus squamulosus''
Philippi, 1836
* ''Murex alucoides''
Blainville, 1829
* ''Ocinebrina ruderata pianosana''
Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
* ? ''Pseudomurex monterosatoi''
Locard, 1897
* ? ''Pseudomurex perfectus''
Fischer P., 1883
* ? ''Pseudomurex ruderatus''
Sturany, 1896 ex Monterosato ms.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea off
Greece
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and
Corsica; in the
Caribbean Sea
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and in the
Gulf of Mexico
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.
References
* Settepassi F. (1977). Atlante Malacologico. I molluschi marini viventi nel Mediterraneo, volume II. 304 pp. Museo di Zoologia, Roma
* Oliverio M. (2008) ''Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific''. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585.
* Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3-44.
External links
Bivona-Bernardi And. (1838). Generi et specie di molluschi descritti dal Barone Antonio Bivona e Bernardi. Lavori postumi pubblicati dal figlio Andrea dottore in medicina con note ed aggiunte. Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per la Sicilia. 61: 211-227 [stated date March 1838 63: 319-324 [stated date September 1838] [also as reprint, 16 pp, 1 pl., tipografia del Giornale Letterario, Palermo ]
Blainville_H.M.D._de._(1828-1830)._Malacozoaires_ou_Animaux_Mollusques._[inFaune_Française._Levrault,_Paris_320_p.,_48_pl._.html" ;"title="n">Blainville H.M.D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in
Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. ">n">Blainville H.M.D. de. (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. [in
Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl.
Sturany, R. (1896). Zoologische Ergebnisse VII. Mollusken I (Prosobranchier und Opisthobranchier; Scaphopoden; Lamellibranchier) gesammelt von S.M. Schiff "Pola" 1890-1894. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftlischen Classe. 63: 1-36, pl. 1-2Fischer P. (1882-1883). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de mollusques recueillis dans le cours des expéditions scientifiques de l'aviso "Le Travailleur" (1880 et 1881). Journal de Conchyliologie 30: 49-53 [1882 273-277]
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Hirtomurex
Gastropods described in 1838