Maculotriton serriale
Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Two views of s shell of Maculotriton serriale (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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Species: | M. serriale |
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Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834) | |
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It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand and North and East Australia.
References
- Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
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