Murexsul planiliratus

Murexsul planiliratus
Shell of Murexsul planiliratus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Murexsul
Species:	M. planiliratus
Binomial name
Murexsul planiliratus (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Murex fimbriatus Lamarck, 1822 (not Brocchi) Murex planiliratus Reeve, 1845 Murex polypleurus Brazier, 1894 Ocinebrina lucasi Bozzetti, 2007

Murexsul planiliratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

• Bozzetti, L., 2007. Ocinebrina lucasi (Gastropoda: Muricidae) nuova specie dallo Sri Lanka meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 55: 12

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1845–1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Brazier, J. (1894). A new Murex from South Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 18: 179–180
• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp