Murex brevispina brevispina
Lamarck,
1822 (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
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Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
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Description
Size: Length 59.12-68.25 mm; diameter 29.45-36.90 mm; length of aperture 16.75-18.78 mm; length of spire 18.92-21.05 mm.
Color: Yellow-brown, creamy white, grey or bluish grey, often with three diffuse brown bands, aperture margins white, brown within.
Spire low, suture simple, slightly impressed, protoconch conical or bulbous, of 2½ whorls, teleoconch of seven strongly shouldered whorls, intervarical areas of later whorls with many cords of varying strength and two axial ridges nodulose at the shoulder, body whorl varixes with three short curved spines (sometimes two or only one at the base), siphonal canal with 1-2 basal spines or on spines, outer lip flanged, crenulate, outwardly recurved anteriorly, labral tooth large, inner lip with a flaring and reflected shield in the anterior half, operculum brown, faintly concentrically ridged nucleus subterminal.
Size: Length 59.12-68.25 mm; diameter 29.45-36.90 mm; length of aperture 16.75-18.78 mm; length of spire 18.92-21.05 mm.
Color: Yellow-brown, creamy white, grey or bluish grey, often with three diffuse brown bands, aperture margins white, brown within.
Spire low, suture simple, slightly impressed, protoconch conical or bulbous, of 2½ whorls, teleoconch of seven strongly shouldered whorls, intervarical areas of later whorls with many cords of varying strength and two axial ridges nodulose at the shoulder, body whorl varixes with three short curved spines (sometimes two or only one at the base), siphonal canal with 1-2 basal spines or on spines, outer lip flanged, crenulate, outwardly recurved anteriorly, labral tooth large, inner lip with a flaring and reflected shield in the anterior half, operculum brown, faintly concentrically ridged nucleus subterminal.
Synonym (s)
• Murex (Murex) brevispina Vokes, 1978
• Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
• Murex brevispina Tapparone and Canefri, 1875
• Murex brevispina Tryon, 1880
• Murex brevispina Radwin and D'Attilio, 1976
• Murex brevispina brevispina Ponder and Vokes, 1988
• Tubicauda brevispina Jousseaume, 1880
• Murex (Murex) brevispina Vokes, 1978
• Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
• Murex brevispina Tapparone and Canefri, 1875
• Murex brevispina Tryon, 1880
• Murex brevispina Radwin and D'Attilio, 1976
• Murex brevispina brevispina Ponder and Vokes, 1988
• Tubicauda brevispina Jousseaume, 1880
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands INDIA
• SRI LANKA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands INDIA
• SRI LANKA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- 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
- 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/
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