Murexsul

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Murexsul is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Murexsul
Shell of Murexsul ianlochi (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Murexsul
Iredale, 1915
Type species
Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexaplex (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915 (original rank)
  • Murex (Murexsul)
  • Murexsul (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
  • Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
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Species

Species within the genus Murexsul include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Murexsul conatus McMichael, 1964: synonym of Hexaplex conatus (McMichael, 1964) (original combination)
  • Murexsul cuvierensis Finlay, 1927: synonym of Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
  • Murexsul hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Murexsul pacaudi Van Hyfte & Danvin, 2018
  • Murexsul lividorupis Laws, 1935: synonym of † Coralliophila lividorupis (Laws, 1935) (original combination)
  • Murexsul tepikiensis Powell, 1934: synonym of Coralliophila mira (Cotton & Godfrey, 1932)
  • Murexsul westonensis (Myers & D'Attilio, 1990):[45] synonym of Muricopsis westonensis B. W. Myers & D'Attilio, 1990
  • Murexsul zeteki (Hertlein & Strong, 1951):[46] synonym of Muricopsis zeteki Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

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