Jaton decussatus

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

Jaton decussatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Jaton
Species:
J. decussatus
Binomial name
Jaton decussatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex decussatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Murex gibbosus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex jatonus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex lingua Dillwyn, 1817
  • Murex linguavervecina Reeve, 1845
  • Ocenebra gibbosa (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Purpura jatou Jousseaume, 1879

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Jaton decussatus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 December 2010.


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