Phrygiomurex sculptilis

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

Phrygiomurex sculptilis
Phrygiomurex sculptilis shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Phrygiomurex
Species:
P. sculptilis
Binomial name
Phrygiomurex sculptilis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phyllocoma sculptilis (Reeve, 1846)
  • Triton sculptilis Reeve, 1844

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Phrygiomurex sculptilis (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 July 2012.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 86
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp


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