''Hirtomurex nakamurai'' is a

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. It is a marine

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, in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...

, which are the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Hirtomurex nakamurai'' Kosuge, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598751 on 2019-01-06Kosuge S. & Suzuki M. (1985). Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication. 1: v + 83 pp., 50 pls.

Distribution

This species is found in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.

References

nakamurai Gastropods described in 1985 {{Coralliophilinae-stub