Bolinus cornutus

Bolinus cornutus
Five views of a shell of B. cornutus from Mauritania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Bolinus
Species:
B. cornutus
Binomial name
Bolinus cornutus
Synonyms[1]

Aranea conspicua Perry, 1811
Murex (Bolinus) cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Murex cornutus Linnaeus, 1758
Murex tumulosus Sowerby, 1841

Bolinus cornutus, or horned murex, is a predatory species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails.[1] This species is common along the west coast of Africa, where it prefers moderately shallow waters. The shell of the snail is distinctively large, spiny, and club-shaped, usually pale brown or tan in colour, with an elongated and straight siphonal canal.

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