Murex tenuirostrum

Murex tenuirostrum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. tenuirostrum
Binomial name
Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822
SynonymsLamarck, 1822
Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822· accepted, alternate representation

Murex tenuirostrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Subspecies

• Murex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988: synonym of Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.