Hirtomurex
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Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place | |
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Genus: | Hirtomurex Coen, 1922[1]
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Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 |
Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:
- Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959)
- Hirtomurex isshikiensi''s (Shikama, 1971)
- Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978)
- Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008[3]
- Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973)
- Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
- Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009[4]
- Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009[5]
- Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959)
- Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)
References
- ^ Coen (1922). Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Milano 61(1): 69.
- ^ Hirtomurex Coen, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
- ^ Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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