Hexagonal Murex

Murexsul oxytatus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae

Murexsul oxytatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description Shell size 30-35 mm. Distribution Western Atlantic Ocean: Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.

Distribution

Hexagonal Murex — (c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 3Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMurexsul oxytatus, Wikipedia contributors

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