Forreria belcheri

Forreria belcheri
image of a shell of Forreria belcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Forreria
Species: F. belcheri
Binomial name
Forreria belcheri
(R.B. Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Murex belcheri Hinds, 1843

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 64 mm and 187 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA, to Central Baja California, Mexico

References

  1. 1 2 Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.


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