Tribulus planospira
Species of gastropod
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Tribulus planospira 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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| Tribulus planospira | |
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| Tribulus planospira shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Species: | T. planospira |
| Binomial name | |
| Tribulus planospira (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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As of 2019[update], it is the only species in the genus Tribulus included in the World Register of Marine Species.[2] Tribulus has previously been considered a subgenus of the genera Murex, Purpura, and Thais.[2][3]
