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Muricopsis deformis

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Muricopsis deformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[4]

Description

Distribution

The type locality for its junior synonym, Risomurex mosquitensis is Puerto Vargas, Cahuita National Park, Mosquito Gulf, Costa Rica.[2]

References

  1. ^ Reeve, Lovell Augustus (1846). "Ricinula deformis". Monograph of the Genus Ricinula. Conchologia Iconica, or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. Vol. 3. London: Reeve, Brothers. Plate VI, Species 44.
  2. ^ a b Kemperman, Th. C. M.; Coomans, H .E. (1984). "Studies on West Indian Marine Molluscs, 1. Risomurex mosquitensis, a New Caribbean species, with Remarks on the Status of the Genus Risomurex (Gastropoda: Muricidae)". Bulletin Zoologisch Museum. 10 (1): 1–7. ISSN 0165-9464.
  3. ^ Dall, W. H. (1889). "Report on the Mollusca. Part II. – Gastropoda and Scaphopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 18: 217.
  4. ^ a b Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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Muricopsis deformis: Brief Summary

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Muricopsis deformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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