''Muricanthus callidinus'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusc 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. Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406199 on 2021-08-25]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from
Guatemala to
Costa Rica to off
Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes Province, Peru.
References
* Berry, S.S. (1958) Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.-II. Leaflets in Malacology, 1, 83–90.
* Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. note: treated as synonym of M. ambiguus
* Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.
External links
Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2]
Hertz C.M. (1999). Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. The Festivus. 31, supplement: 1-43
Muricidae
Gastropods described in 1958
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