Mancinella echinata

Mancinella echinata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Mancinella
Species:
M. echinata
Binomial name
Mancinella echinata
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura echinata Blainville, 1832
  • Thais (Mancinella) echinata (Blainville, 1832)

Mancinella echinata, common names prickly rock shell, prickly rock snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Mancinella echinata (Blainville, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714198 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Tong, K.Y.L. (1986) The population dynamics and feeding ecology of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and Morula musiva (Kiener) (mollusca: gastropoda: muricidae) in Hong Kong. MPhil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.


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