Cytharomorula lefevreiana

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

Cytharomorula lefevreiana
Shell of Cytharomorula lefevreiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Cytharomorula
Species:
C. lefevreiana
Binomial name
Cytharomorula lefevreiana
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Ocinebra) benedictus Melvill & Standen, 1895
  • Pascula lefevreiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
  • Tritonidea lefevreiana Tapparone-Canefri, 1880

Description

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Distribution

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THis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and Réunion.

References

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  • Houart R. (2013) Revised classification of a group of small species of Cytharomorula Kuroda, 1953 (Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex 14(2): 25-34
  • Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre D. , 2019. Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex 20(HS 12): 1-5
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