Paziella hystricina

Paziella hystricina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Paziella
Species: P. hystricina
Binomial name
Paziella hystricina
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889)
  • Murex (Phyllonotus) hystricina Dall, 1889
  • Paziella (Bouchetia) hystricina (Dall, 1889)
  • Poirieria (Pazinotus) hystricina (Dall, 1889)

Paziella hystricina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References


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