Murex africanus

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Murex africanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Murex
Species:
M. africanus
Binomial name
Murex africanus
Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
Synonyms
  • Murex (Murex) africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988 (basionym)
  • Murex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988

Murex africanus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

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