Hirtomurex | |
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Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Coralliophilinae |
Genus: | Hirtomurex Coen, 1922[1] |
Type species | |
Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[2]