Murex queenslandicus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
Murex queenslandicus | |
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Shell of Murex queenslandicus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Murex |
Species: | M. queenslandicus
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Binomial name | |
Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
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Synonyms | |
Murex (Murex) queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation |
This marine species occurs off Queensland, Australia