Paziella pazi

Paziella pazi, common name : Paz's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Paziella pazi
Paziella pazi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Paziella
Species:
P. pazi
Binomial name
Paziella pazi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex pazi Crosse, 1869
  • Paziella (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)

Description

The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea (including Cuba and Belize) and off the coast of Florida .

References
  1. Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164
  • "Poirieria (Paziella) pazi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011.


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