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Xastilia kosugei

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Species of gastropod

Xastilia kosugei
Shell of Xastilia kosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Xastilia
Species: X. kosugei
Binomial name
Xastilia kosugei
Bouchet & Houart, 1994

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

Description

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

The marine species occurs on the Lord Howe Ridge, South Pacific.

References

  1. ^ Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bouchet, P. & Houart, R. (1994). A new coralliophilid-like muricid from the Coral Sea. Journal of Conchology. 35(2): 131-135
  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Xastilia kosugei


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