Siliquaria muricata

Siliquaria muricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.[1]

Siliquaria muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Siliquariidae
Genus:
Siliquaria
Species:
S. muricata
Binomial name
Siliquaria muricata
Born, 1780
Synonyms[1]

Tenagodes muricatus Lamarck

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References
  1. Siliquaria muricata Born, 1780. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21–74


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