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Muricopsis necocheanus

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana
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Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Subgenus: Muricopsis
Species: M. necocheana
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana
(Pilsbry, 1900)
Synonyms

Sistrum nicocheanum Pilsbry, 1900


Sistrum nicocheanum Pilsbry, 1900

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) necocheana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

The size of an adult shgell varies between 13 mm and 26 mm.

This species is distributed in the Southwest Atlantic along Southeast Brazil and Argentina.



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