Xanthochorus
Sign in to saveXanthochorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UF, UWBM, PRI, UCMP, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, OMNH
- Recorded in
- Chile, Peru, United States
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Xanthochorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Xanthochorus include: Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833) Xanthochorus cassidiformis (Blainville, 1832)
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