Muricopsis

Muricopsis is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the rock snail family, Muricidae.[1]

Muricopsis
Apertural view the shell of Muricopsis necocheana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Species

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Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Muricopsis :[2]

Species brought into synonymy

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also mentions the following species with names in current use (those not mentioned here can be found in the genera Murexsul, Favartia and Rolandiella) [3]

References
  1. Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
  2. WoRMS : Muricopsis
  3. OBIS : Muricopsis
  4. WoRMS : Murex ednae M. Smith, 1940
  5. OBIS : Muricopsis espinosus (Hutton, 1886)
  6. WoRMS : Murexsul mariae Finlay, 1930
  7. WoRMS : Murex hexagonus var. oxytata M. Smith, 1938
  8. WoRMS : Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)
  • "Muricopsis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
  • Houart R. (2012) Description of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) gorii (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from southern São Tomé. Novapex 13(1): 37-41. [10 March 2012]
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