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]

Paziella pazi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Paziella
Species:
P. pazi
Binomial name
Paziella pazi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex pazi Crosse, 1869
  • Paziella (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)
  • Poirieria (Paziella) pazi (Crosse, 1869)

Description edit

The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.

Distribution edit

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea (including Cuba and Belize) and off the coast of Florida.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2011.
  • 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

External links edit

  • "Poirieria (Paziella) pazi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011.