''Semiricinula squamigera'' is a

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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 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 ...

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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 Neogas ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Semiricinula squamigera'' (Deshayes, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714216 on 2019-01-06Tsang, E.P.K., Milicich, M., Winstanley, T. & Ng, W.C. (2004) Study on the suitability of Tai Long Wan Area as Marine Park or Marine Reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the

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, Indonesia.

References

External links

Deshayes, G. P. (1832-1833). Mollusques. In: Bélanger, C. (ed.) Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le nord de l'Europe, les provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi de détails topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pégou, les îles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap-de-Bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Volume 2, Zoologie. pp. 403-440, 3 pls.

squamigera ''Squamigera'' is a genus of nicoletiids in the family Nicoletiidae Nicoletiidae is a family of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. These insects live primarily underground, under detritus, or in caves. A few species are recor ...

Gastropods described in 1832 {{Rapaninae-stub