Muricopsis caribbaea

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Muricopsis
Subgenus:	Muricopsis
Species:	M. caribbaea
Binomial name
	Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea ; (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939)
Synonyms
	Fusus muricoides C.B. Adams, 1845; Risomurex caribbaeus (Bartsch & Rehder, 1939); Tritonalia (Ocinebrina) caribbaea Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 (basionym);

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The shell attains a length of 15 mm.

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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