Forreria belcheri

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

Forreria belcheri
image of a shell of Forreria belcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Forreria
Species:
F. belcheri
Binomial name
Forreria belcheri
(R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Murex belcheri Hinds, 1843

Description

The length of the shell varies between 64 mm and 187 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA, to Central Baja California, Mexico

References
  1. Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.


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