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Murex tribulus
Description | Murex tribulus, also known as the Caltrop murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex_tribulus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex tribulus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Generic Name | Murex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Großer Spinnenkopf, Caltrop Murex, オニホネガイ, 長刺骨螺 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex_tribulus |
References
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1-160. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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