Bouchetia hystricina

Paziella hystricina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Paziella
Species:	P. hystricina
Binomial name
	Paziella hystricina; (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
	Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889); Murex (Phyllonotus) hystricina Dall, 1889; Paziella (Bouchetia) hystricina (Dall, 1889); Poirieria (Pazinotus) hystricina (Dall, 1889);

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and 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
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 174

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