Murexsul octogonus

Murexsul octogonus
	Murexsul ocotgonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Murexsul
Species:	M. octogonus
Binomial name
	Murexsul octogonus; (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
	Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833); Murex peruvianus Sowerby, 1841; Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927;

Murexsul octogonus, or the octagonal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

This species is known only from North Island, New Zealand.

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Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8

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