Hirtomurex Coen 1922

Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:

• Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959)
• Hirtomurex guoi Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016
• Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971)
• Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978)
• Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008^[3]
• Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985
• Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985
• Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973)
• Hirtomurex senticosus (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)
• Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
• Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009^[4]
• Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009^[5]
• Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959)
• Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)

References

• Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68–71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
• Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.

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