Hirtomurex Explained
Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:
- Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959)
- Hirtomurex guoi Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016
- Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971)
- Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978)
- Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008
- Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985
- Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985
- Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973)
- Hirtomurex senticosus (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)
- Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
- Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
- Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009
- Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959)
- Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)
References
- Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68–71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872
- Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481–585.
