Hirtomurex

Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[2]

Hirtomurex
Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Coralliophilinae
Genus:
Hirtomurex

Coen, 1922[1]
Type species
Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836

Species

Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:

References
  1. Coen (1922). Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Milano 61(1): 69.
  2. Hirtomurex Coen, 1922. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
  3. Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68–71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
  • Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.


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