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Xanthochorus cassidiformis

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Xanthochorus cassidiformis
Xanthochorus cassidiformis shells
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X. cassidiformis
Binomial name
Xanthochorus cassidiformis
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Murex squamosus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
Purpura cassidiformis Blainville, 1832
Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833
Pyrula ochroleuca Menke, 1845
Pyrula porphyroidea Philippi, 1887
Pyrula subnodosa Philippi, 1887

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

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