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Murex pecten
| Description | The Venus comb murex, scientific name Murex pecten, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.The shell of this Indo-Pacific species has a very long siphonal canal, and numerous spines. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex_pecten, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Murex : Murex pecten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Murex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Skelettspindel, Spinnenkopf, Venus Comb, Venus Comb Murex, Venuskamm, Venuskammstachelschnecke, Spiny Woodcock, Thorny Woodcock, ホネガイ, 維那斯骨螺 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murex_pecten |
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References
| Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1-160. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Cole, T. C. H. (2017) Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English: 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
