''Murex protocrassus'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
in the
family
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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 about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
New Caledonia.
References
* Houart, R., 1990. New taxa and new records of Indo-Pacific species of Murex and Haustellum (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Muricinae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 12(2): 329-347, sér. 4° série, part. Section A
External links
Houart R. & Héros V. (2012) ''New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific.'' Zoosystema 34(1): 21–37
Gastropods described in 1990
Murex
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