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Muricopsis deformis

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Muricopsis deformis
Photograph of holotype in the Natural History Museum, London.
G. B. Sowerby II's illustration in Reeve's initial description.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. deformis
Binomial name
Muricopsis deformis
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846[2]
  • Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984[3]
  • Sistrum ferrugineus rubidum Dall, 1889[4]

Muricopsis deformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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