Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Muricopsis caribbaea | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricopsinae Rank Species | |
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) caribbaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The shell attains a length of 15 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida, in the Caribbean Sea along Mexico and Venezuela; in the Lesser Antilles
References
Muricopsis caribbaea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA