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Hirtomurex
Sign in to saveHirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 79
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SBMNH, MNHN, USNM, DMNH, WAM
- Recorded in
- Italy, Japan, Nouvelle-Caledonie, United States, Bermuda, Spain, New Hebrides Arc, Cuba
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- Parent taxon
- Coralliophilinae
- Image
- Latiaxis teramachii 41a.jpg
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Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Hirtomurex include: Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959) Hirtomurex guoi Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016 Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971) Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978) Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008 Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985 Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985 Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973) Hirtomurex senticosus (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863) Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009 Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009 Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959) Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)
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