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
| 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
External links
- [http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.5252/z2012n1a2 Houart R. & Héros V. (2012) New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema 34(1): 21–37]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1990
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