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Muricopsis rosea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Muricopsis rosea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Muricopsinae

Rank
  
Species

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rosea, common name : the pink drupe, 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 grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea; the Gulf of Mexico; in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin.

References

Muricopsis rosea Wikipedia