Hirtomurex
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| Hirtomurex | |
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| Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
| Genus: | Hirtomurex Coen, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.[2]
