Muricanthus ambiguus

Muricanthus ambiguus
	Shell and operculum, 98.5 mm high
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Muricanthus
Species:	M. ambiguus
Binomial name
	Muricanthus ambiguus; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Hexaplex (Muricanthus) ambiguus (Reeve, 1845); Hexaplex ambiguus (Reeve, 1845); Murex ambiguus Reeve, 1845; Murex melanoleuca Mørch, 1852 ; Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845);

Muricanthus ambiguus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central and southern Gulf of California to the Pearl Islands, Panama.

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus ambiguus (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406196 on 2021-08-25

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