Stramonita brasiliensis
Appearance
Stramonita brasiliensis | |
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Shells of Stramonita brasiliensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Stramonita |
Species: | S. brasiliensis
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Binomial name | |
Stramonita brasiliensis Claremont & D. G. Reid, 2011
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Stramonita brasiliensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]
Description
[edit]This species attains a size of 65 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in French Guiana,[1] and further South to Bahia, Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Stramonita brasiliensis Claremont & D. G. Reid, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574250 on 2019-01-06
- ^ Claremont M., Williams S.T., Barraclough T.G. & Reid D.G. (2011) The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1016-1032.