Murex protocrassus

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| name = Murex (Promurex) protocrassus

| image = Murex protocrassus (MNHN-IM-2000-939).jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Murex protocrassus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Murex protocrassus

| authority = Houart, 1990

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| synonyms = Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990

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Murex protocrassus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|458835|Murex (Promurex) protocrassus Houart, 1990||5 April 2012}}

Description

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

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  • Houart, R., 1990. New taxa and new records of Indo-Pacific species of Murex and Haustellum (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Muricinae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 12(2): 329-347, sér. 4° série, part. Section A