Cytharomorula lefevreiana

Cytharomorula lefevreiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Cytharomorula lefevreiana
Shell of Cytharomorula lefevreiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ergalataxinae
Genus:
Cytharomorula
Species:
C. lefevreiana
Binomial name
Cytharomorula lefevreiana
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Ocinebra) benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895
  • Pascula lefevreiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
  • Tritonidea lefevreiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1880

Distribution

THis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and Réunion.

References
  1. Cytharomorula lefevreiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • 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
  • Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre D. , 2019. Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex 20(HS 12): 1-5


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