Gemixystus calcareus | |
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Shell of Gemixystus calcareus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific 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
- 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
External links
Taxon identifiers | |
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Gemixystus calcareus |
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