Muricopsis pauxilla | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Muricopsis |
Species: | M. pauxilla
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Binomial name | |
Muricopsis pauxilla (
A. Adams, 1854)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Murex pauxillus A. Adams, 1854 |
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) pauxilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 9 mm and 18 mm.
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This marine species is distributed in the Gulf of California, along Western Mexico