Murex coppingeri

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| taxon = Murex coppingeri

| authority = E. A. Smith, 1884

|synonyms= Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884· accepted, alternate representation

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Murex coppingeri 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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Arafura Sea.

References

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054 Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates.]

Category:Murex