Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:
- Hirtomurex filiaregis <small>(Kurohara, 1959)</small>
- Hirtomurex guoi <small>Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016</small>
- Hirtomurex isshikiensis <small>(Shikama, 1971)</small>
- Hirtomurex kawamurai <small>(Shikama, 1978)</small>
- Hirtomurex marshalli <small>Oliverio, 2008</small>
- Hirtomurex nakamurai <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Hirtomurex oyamai <small>Kosuge, 1985</small>
- Hirtomurex scobina <small>(Kilburn, 1973)</small>
- Hirtomurex senticosus <small>(H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)</small>
- Hirtomurex squamosus (<small>Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)</small>
- Hirtomurex tangaroa <small>Marshall & Oliverio, 2009</small>
- Hirtomurex taranui <small>Marshall & Oliverio, 2009</small>
- Hirtomurex teramachii <small>(Kuroda, 1959)</small>
- Hirtomurex winckworthi <small>(Fulton, 1930)</small>
References
- Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della SocietàItaliana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68âÂÂ71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481âÂÂ585.