Muricanthus callidinus explained

Muricanthus callidinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Guatemala to Costa Rica to off Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes Province, Peru.

References

• Berry, S.S. (1958) Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.-II. Leaflets in Malacology, 1, 83–90.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. note: treated as synonym of M. ambiguus
• Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.

External links

• Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2]
• Hertz C.M. (1999). Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. The Festivus. 31, supplement: 1-43

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus callidinus Berry, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406199 on 2021-08-25