Stramonita chocolata

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

Stramonita chocolata
Stramonita chocolata shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Rapaninae
Genus:
Stramonita
Species:
S. chocolata
Binomial name
Stramonita chocolata
(Duclos, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura chocolata Duclos, 1832
  • Purpura lefevrei Lesson, 1840

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Stramonita chocolata (Duclos, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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