Xanthochorus buxeus

Xanthochorus buxeus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1] It is a predator.[2]

Xanthochorus buxeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Xanthochorus
Species:
X. buxeus
Binomial name
Xanthochorus buxeus
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Murex boivini Kiener, 1842
Murex broderipii Michelotti, 1841
Murex buxeus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
Murex horridus Broderip in Sowerby, 1833

References
  1. Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. https://eol.org/pages/4834832


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