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Gemixystus calcareus

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Species of gastropod

Gemixystus calcareus
Shell of Gemixystus calcareus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Gemixystus
Species: G. calcareus
Binomial name
Gemixystus calcareus
Houart & Héros, 2012

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.4 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Archipelago, New Caledonia.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Gemixystus calcareus Houart & Héros, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596820 on 2019-01-06
  • Houart R. & Héros V. (2019). The genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) in New Caledonia with the description of two new species and some notes on the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 20(1-2): 1-12

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Taxon identifiers
Gemixystus calcareus


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