''Muricopsis'' is a genus of small
predatory
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the rock snail family,
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 Neogas ...
.
Species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus ''Muricopsis'' :
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Muricopsis aliceae''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''
Pygmaepterys aliceae''
(Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis angolensis''
(Odhner, 1922): synonym of ''
Orania fusulus
''Orania fusulus'', common name : the spindle dwarf triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm
Distri ...
''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis apiculata''
Dautzenberg, 1917: synonym of ''Ocinebrina edwardsii''
(Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''
Ocenebra edwardsii''
(Payraudeau, 1826)
* ''Muricopsis aradasii''
(Poirier, 1883) synonym of ''
Murexsul aradasii''
(Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
* ''Muricopsis atra''
F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis blainvillii''
(Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis carnicolor''
Bozzetti, 2009: synonym of ''
Orania carnicolor''
(Bozzetti, 2009)
* ''Muricopsis carvalhoi''
Cox, 1936 †: synonym of ''
Ocinebrina carvalhoi''
(Cox, 1936) †
* ''Muricopsis cevikeri''
Houart, 2000: synonym of ''
Murexsul cevikeri''
(Houart, 2000) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis cristatus''
(Brocchi, 1814): synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis diadema''
(Aradas & Benoit, 1876): synonym of ''
Murexsul aradasii''
(Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
* ''Muricopsis duffyi''
Petuch, 1992: synonym of ''
Murexsul huberti''
(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)
* ''Muricopsis edwardsii''
(Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''Ocinebrina edwardsii''
(Payraudeau, 1826): synonym of ''
Ocenebra edwardsii''
(Payraudeau, 1826)
* ''Muricopsis erroneus''
(Monterosato in Poirier, 1883): synonym of ''Ocinebrina hispidula''
(Pallary, 1904): synonym of ''
Ocenebra hispidula
''Ocenebra hispidula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediter ...
''
(Pallary, 1904)
* ''Muricopsis glutinosa''
Palazzi & Villari, 2001: synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814) (dubious synonym)
* ''Muricopsis hexagonus''
(Lamarck, 1816): synonym of ''Murexsul hexagonus''
(Lamarck, 1816): synonym of ''
Murexsul pacaudi''
Van Hyfte & Danvin, 2018
* ''Muricopsis hispida''
Monterosato in Coen, 1933: synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis hispidula''
(Pallary, 1904): synonym of ''
Ocenebra hispidula
''Ocenebra hispidula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediter ...
''
(Pallary, 1904)
* ''Muricopsis hispidulus''
(Pallary, 1904): synonym of ''
Ocenebra hispidula
''Ocenebra hispidula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediter ...
''
(Pallary, 1904)
* ''Muricopsis huberti''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976: synonym of ''
Murexsul huberti''
(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis hubrechti''
Bozzetti, 2018: synonym of ''
Orania corallina''
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* ''Muricopsis ianlochi''
Houart, 1987: synonym of ''
Murexsul ianlochi''
(Houart, 1987)
* ''Muricopsis inermis''
(Philippi, 1836): synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis jaliscoensis''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1970: synonym of ''
Murexsul jaliscoensis''
(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1970) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis lyonsi''
Petuch, 1986: synonym of ''
Murexsul oxytatus''
(M. Smith, 1938)
* ''Muricopsis mariae''
(Finlay, 1930): synonym of ''
Murexsul mariae''
Finlay, 1930
* ''Muricopsis mariangelae''
Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1991: synonym of ''
Muricopsis rutila mariangelae''
Rolan & Fernandes, 1991
* ''Muricopsis mbotyiensis''
Houart, 1991: synonym of ''
Murexsul mbotyiensis''
(Houart, 1991) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis medicago''
(R. B. Watson, 1897) : synonym of ''
Murexsul aradasii''
(Monterosato in Poirier, 1883)
* ''Muricopsis noduliferus''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of ''
Attiliosa nodulifera''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
* ''Muricopsis nothokieneri''
(E. H. Vokes, 1978): synonym of ''
Murexsul nothokieneri''
E. H. Vokes, 1978
* ''Muricopsis octogonus''
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833): synonym of
Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
* ''Muricopsis oliverai''
Kosuge, 1984: synonym of ''Paziella oliverai''
(Kosuge, 1984): synonym of ''
Flexopteron oliverai
''Flexopteron'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Flexopteron Shuto, 1969. Accessed through: World Regi ...
''
(Kosuge, 1984) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis orri''
Cernohorsky, 1976: synonym of ''
Attiliosa orri''
(Cernohorsky, 1976) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis ostrearum'' (Co
nrad, 1846): synonym of ''
Calotrophon ostrearum''
(Conrad, 1846)
* ''Muricopsis oxossi''
Petuch, 1979: synonym of ''
Pygmaepterys oxossi''
(Petuch, 1979) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis oxytatus''
(M. Smith, 1938): synonym of ''
Murexsul oxytatus''
(M. Smith, 1938)
* ''Muricopsis personatus''
Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977: synonym of ''Ocinebrina hispidula''
(Pallary, 1904): synonym of ''
Ocenebra hispidula
''Ocenebra hispidula'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediter ...
''
(Pallary, 1904) (unavailable following ICZN art. 11.4)
* ''Muricopsis poeyi''
Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979: synonym of ''
Attiliosa poeyi''
(Sarasúa & Espinosa, 1979) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis profunda''
B. A. Marshall & K. W. Burch, 2000: synonym of ''
Murexsul profundus''
(B. A. Marshall & K. W. Burch, 2000) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis purpurispina''
Ponder, 1972: synonym of ''
Murexsul purpurispinus''
(Ponder, 1972) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis richardbinghami''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''
Pygmaepterys richardbinghami''
(Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis roseus''
(Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''
Muricopsis rosea''
(Reeve, 1846) (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Muricopsis scotti''
B. A. Marshall & K. W. Burch, 2000: synonym of ''
Rolandiella scotti''
(B. A. Marshall & K. W. Burch, 2000)
* ''Muricopsis skoglundae''
B. W. Myers, Hertz & D'Attilio, 1993: synonym of ''
Murexsul skoglundae''
(B. W. Myers, Hertz & D'Attilio, 1993) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis spiculus''
Houart, 1987: synonym of ''
Murexsul spiculus''
(Houart, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis spinulosa''
Stalio in Coen, 1933: synonym of ''Muricopsis blainvillii var. spinulosa''
Stalio in Coen, 1933: synonym of ''
Muricopsis cristata''
(Brocchi, 1814)
* ''Muricopsis spinulosa''
(Costa O.G., 1861): synonym of ''Muricopsis aradasii''
(Poirier, 1883): synonym of ''
Murexsul aradasii''
(Monterosato, 1883)
* ''Muricopsis sunderlandi''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''
Murexsul sunderlandi''
(Petuch, 1987) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis tenellus''
Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977: synonym of ''Ocinebrina hybrida''
(Aradas & Benoit, 1876): synonym of ''
Ocenebra hybrida
''Ocenebra hybrida'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as mure ...
''
(Aradas & Benoit, 1876) (unavailable following ICZN art. 11.4)
* ''Muricopsis tokubeii''
(Nakamigawa & Habe, 1964): synonym of ''
Murexsul tokubeii''
Nakamigawa & Habe, 1964
* ''Muricopsis tulensis''
Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976: synonym of ''
Murexsul tulensis
''Murexsul tulensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex ...
''
(Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis warreni''
Petuch, 1993: synonym of ''
Murexsul warreni''
(Petuch, 1993) (original combination)
* ''Muricopsis zylmanae''
Petuch, 1993: synonym of ''
Murexsul zylmanae''
(Petuch, 1993) (original combination)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use (those not mentioned here can be found in the genera ''
Murexsul
''Murexsul'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Murexsul'' include:
*'' Murexsul aikeni'' Lussi, ...
'', ''
Favartia'' and ''
Rolandiella'')
* ''Muricopsis ednae''
(M. Smith, 1940) : synonym of ''
Murexsul interserratus''
(Sowerby, 1879)
* ''Muricopsis espinosus''
(Hutton, 1886) : synonym of''
Murexsul espinosus
''Murexsul'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Murexsul'' include:
*'' Murexsul aikeni'' Lussi, 2010 ...
''
Hutton, 1886
** ''Muricopsis espinosus mariae''
(Finlay, 1930) : synonym of ''
Murexsul mariae''
Finlay, 1930
* ''Muricopsis oliverai''
Kosuge, 1984: synonym of ''
Poirieria (Flexopteron) oliverai''
(Kosuge, 1984)
* ''Muricopsis oxytata''
(M. Smith, 1938) - hexagonal murex : synonym of ''
Murexsul oxytatus''
(M. Smith, 1938)
* ''Muricopsis planilirata''
(Reeve, 1845): synonym of ''
Murexsul planiliratus''
(Reeve, 1845) WoRMS : Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)
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References
*
* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
* Houart R. (2012) ''Description of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gorii (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from southern São Tomé''. Novapex 13(1): 37-41. 0 March 2012
External links
Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls.
Olsson A.A. & McGinty T.L. (1958). Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean Coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 39(177): 1-58.
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