Muricopsis schrammi

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Caenogastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
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Muricopsis schrammi
colour photograph of two Muricopsis schrammi snail shells, one with the enterence face up and the other face down. both shells are conical in shape and cream in colour with orange brown stripes. They also have a bumpy texture to them
Muricopsis schrammi shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Muricopsis
Species:
M. schrammi
Binomial name
Muricopsis schrammi
(Crosse, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Engina schrammi Crosse, 1863
  • Muricopsis (Risomurex) schrammi (Crosse, 1863)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Risomurex schrammi (Crosse, 1863)
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Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

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