Paziella nuttingi

Paziella nuttingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Paziella
Species: P. nuttingi
Binomial name
Paziella nuttingi
(Dall, 1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex nuttingi Dall, 1896
  • Paziella (Paziella) nuttingi (Dall, 1896)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) nuttingi (Dall, 1896)

Paziella nuttingi, common name : Nutting's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 44 mm.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Florida.

References

  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164


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