Tribulus planospira

This article is about the sea snail. For the plant genus, see Tribulus.

Tribulus planospira
Tribulus planospira shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Tribulus
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Species:
T. planospira
Binomial name
Tribulus planospira
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1][2]

Genus

  • Murex (Tribulus)
  • Planithais Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884
  • Purpura (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Thais (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

  • Haustrum pictum Perry, 1811
  • Purpura lineata Lamarck, 1816
  • Purpura planospira Lamarck, 1822

Tribulus planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

As of 2019, it is the only species in the genus Tribulus included in the World Register of Marine Species.[2] Tribulus has previously been considered a subgenus of the genera Murex, Purpura, and Thais.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference wormssp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference wormsgen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference adams was invoked but never defined (see the help page).