Murex tenuirostrum tenuirostrum
Lamarck,
1822 (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
Description
Size: Length 26.72-90.70 mm; diameter 15.31-42 mm; length of spire 8.12-19.35 mm; length of aperture 7.10-15.05 mm; length of the canal 12.66-58.30 mm.
Color: Ivory to golden brown, intervarical nodules pale, outer lip with red-brown spots behind the notches; creamy white, apeture white; operculum thin, horny reddish brown with excentric nucleus.
Spire high, suture simple, crossed by minute frilled axial lamellae, conical protoconch of 3 ½ whorls, teleoconch of up to eight whorls, with three primary spines on the body whorl varixes, the shoulder spine longest (it may be extremely long), three downward-pointing intermediary secondaries and randomly developed tertiary spinelets, siphonal canal with 4-5 rather short major spines, downward-pointing secondaries usually present, outer lip notched, labral tooth small, inner lip erect for almost the entire length, operculum red-brown, nucleus subterminal, concentrically ridged.
Size: Length 26.72-90.70 mm; diameter 15.31-42 mm; length of spire 8.12-19.35 mm; length of aperture 7.10-15.05 mm; length of the canal 12.66-58.30 mm.
Color: Ivory to golden brown, intervarical nodules pale, outer lip with red-brown spots behind the notches; creamy white, apeture white; operculum thin, horny reddish brown with excentric nucleus.
Spire high, suture simple, crossed by minute frilled axial lamellae, conical protoconch of 3 ½ whorls, teleoconch of up to eight whorls, with three primary spines on the body whorl varixes, the shoulder spine longest (it may be extremely long), three downward-pointing intermediary secondaries and randomly developed tertiary spinelets, siphonal canal with 4-5 rather short major spines, downward-pointing secondaries usually present, outer lip notched, labral tooth small, inner lip erect for almost the entire length, operculum red-brown, nucleus subterminal, concentrically ridged.
Synonym (s)
• Murex tribulus Cernohorsky, 1967
• Murex ternispina Fair, 1976
• Murex tenuirostrum tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1832
• Murex tenuirostrum Deshayes and Milne Edwards, 1839
• Murex tribulus D'Attilio, 1979
• Murex tribulus Abbott and Dance, 1982
• Murex tenuirostrum tenuirostrum Ponder and Vokes, 1988
• Murex tribulus Surya Rao and Subba Rao, 1991
• Murex tribulus Cernohorsky, 1967
• Murex ternispina Fair, 1976
• Murex tenuirostrum tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1832
• Murex tenuirostrum Deshayes and Milne Edwards, 1839
• Murex tribulus D'Attilio, 1979
• Murex tribulus Abbott and Dance, 1982
• Murex tenuirostrum tenuirostrum Ponder and Vokes, 1988
• Murex tribulus Surya Rao and Subba Rao, 1991
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Lakshadweep Sea
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Neill Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Kerala INDIA
• Bay of Bengal INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Neil Island (Lat: 11.83) (Long: 93.05) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Lakshadweep Sea
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Neill Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Kerala INDIA
• Bay of Bengal INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Neil Island (Lat: 11.83) (Long: 93.05) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Subba Rao, NV and Surya Rao, KV (1993) Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs: Pt. 3. Family: Muricidae Occasional paper no 153 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata 133 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Fernando, AS and Fernando, OJ (2002) A field guide to the common invertebrates of the east coast of India Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology 1-258 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Wilson, B; Wilson, C and Baker, P (1994) Australian marine shells 2 1-370 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Eddie, H Hardy's internet guide to marine gastropods Available at - http://www.gastropods.com/
- Subba Rao, NV and Dey, A (2000) Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Occasional paper no 187 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1-323 Available at - NCL, Pune
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