Murex africanus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Murex Africanus Back.jpg
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| taxon = Murex africanus
| authority = Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
| synonyms =
- Murex (Murex) africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation
- Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988 (basionym)
- Murex tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
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Murex africanus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
References
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- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
- Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
External links
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- [http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-and-Vokes-1988-Rec-Aust-Mus-Suppl-8-1160/ Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1-160]
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