Xanthochorus cassidiformis

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

Xanthochorus cassidiformis
Xanthochorus cassidiformis shells
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. cassidiformis
Binomial name
Xanthochorus cassidiformis
(Blainville, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Murex squamosus Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833
Purpura cassidiformis Blainville, 1832
Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833
Pyrula ochroleuca Menke, 1845
Pyrula porphyroidea Philippi, 1887
Pyrula subnodosa Philippi, 1887

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Xanthochorus cassidiformis (Blainville, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.


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