Cytharomorula benedicta
Cytharomorula benedicta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Cytharomorula benedicta | |
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| Shell of Cytharomorula benedicta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ergalataxinae |
| Genus: | Cytharomorula |
| Species: | C. benedicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murex (Ocinebra) benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895 | |
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732188 on 2019-01-06
- Houart R. (2013) Revised classification of a group of small species of Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex 14(2): 25-34
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