Paziella pazi
Species of gastropod
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Paziella pazi, common name : Paz's murex, 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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Paziella |
| Species: | P. pazi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869) | |
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Description
The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea (including Cuba and Belize) and off the coast of Florida.
