Cytharomorula benedicta

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

Cytharomorula benedicta
Shell of Cytharomorula benedicta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Cytharomorula
Species:
C. benedicta
Binomial name
Cytharomorula benedicta
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
Synonyms[1]

Murex (Ocinebra) benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732188 on 2019-01-06
  • Houart R. (2013) Revised classification of a group of small species of Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex 14(2): 25-34


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