Cytharomorula springsteeni

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

Cytharomorula springsteeni
Shell of Cytharomorula springsteeni (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. springsteeni
Binomial name
Cytharomorula springsteeni
Houart, 1995

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia.

References

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  • Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297.
  • Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre D. , 2019. Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex 20(HS 12): 1-52