Murex altispira
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| Murex altispira | |
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| Murex altispira | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Murex |
| Species: | M. altispira |
| Binomial name | |
| Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988 | |
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Murex (Murex) altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation | |
Murex altispira, also known as the Caltrop murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
