Bouchetia hystricina

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

Bouchetia hystricina
Shell of Bouchetia hystricina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Bouchetia
Species:
B. hystricina
Binomial name
Bouchetia hystricina
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Phyllonotus) hystricina Dall, 1889
  • Paziella (Bouchetia) hystricina (Dall, 1889)
  • Paziella hystricina (Dall, 1889)
  • Poirieria (Pazinotus) hystricina (Dall, 1889)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406286 on 2020-06-16
  • 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): 174


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