Murex brevispina

Murex brevispina, also known as the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

• Murex brevispina brevispina <small>Lamarck, 1822</small>
• Murex brevispina macgillivrayi <small>Dohrn, 1862</small>
• Murex brevispina ornamentalis <small>Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988</small>
• Murex brevispina senilis <small>Jousseaume, 1874</small>
• Murex brevispina toliaraensis <small>Bozzetti, 2020</small>
• Murex brevispina albus <small>Bozzetti, 2020</small>: synonym of Murex brevispina toliaraensis <small>Bozzetti, 2020</small> (invalid: junior homonym of Murex craticulatus var. albus <small>Scacchi, 1836</small>; M. brevispina toliaraensis is a replacement name)

References

• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
• Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp.&nbsp;176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp

External links

• Lamarck, &#91;J.-B. M.&#93; de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp