Siphonochelus boucheti

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

Siphonochelus boucheti
Shell of Siphonochelus boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Siphonochelus
Species:
S. boucheti
Binomial name
Siphonochelus boucheti
Houart, 1991
Synonyms[1]

Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) boucheti Houart, 1991

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Siphonochelus boucheti Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: The Typhinae (Muricidae) from the New Caledonian region with description of five new species. in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 223-235.
  • Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.