Muricopsis cristata

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
A shell of Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Muricopsis
Subgenus: Muricopsis
Species: M. cristata
Binomial name
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata
(Brocchi, 1814)

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata, common name Blainville's Muricop, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Synonyms

  • Fusus dodecanesinus Bevilacqua, 1928
  • Murex blainvillei Payraudeau, 1826
  • Murex blainvillei var. aterrima Dautzenberg, 1890
  • Murex blainvillei var. bicolor Monterosato, 1878
  • Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato, 1870
  • Murex blainvillei var. minor Praus, 1906
  • Murex blainvillei var. rosea Monterosato, 1878 in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex blainvillei var. trophoniformis Monterosato, 1884
  • Murex blainvillei var. violacea Monterosato, in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Murex cataphractus Sowerby, 1834
  • Murex cinosurus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
  • Murex cristatus Brocchi, 1814 (basionym)
  • Murex cristatus var. adellus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. ampus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. berdicus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. emus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Murex cristatus var. inermis Philippi, 1836
  • Murex inermis Philippi, 1836
  • Murex inermis trifasciata Nordsieck, 1972
  • Murex pliciferus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
  • Murex porrectus Locard, 1886
  • Murex rudis Risso, 1826
  • Murex rugulosa O.G. Costa, 1861
  • Murex subspinosus A. Adams, 1854
  • Muricopsis atra Nordsieck, 1972
  • Muricopsis blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. horrida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. oblonga Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis blainvillei var. umbilicata Coen, 1930
  • Muricopsis cristatus (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Muricopsis cristatus major Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis cristatus pungens Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis cristatus spinulatus Stalio in Settepassi, 1977
  • Muricopsis hispida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
  • Muricopsis spinulosa obsoleta Nordsieck, 1972
  • Ocinebrina blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
  • Ocinebrina blainvillei var. hirsuta Pallary, 1904

Fossil records

The fossil record dates back to the Pliocene (age range: from 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 35 mm. [3] Size, color and morphology are very variable. The whorls have a variable number of more or less prominent varices showing foliaceous or spinose projections. They have a well-developed siphonal canal, and the siphon is quite elongated. [4]

Distribution

This quite common species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean along Portugal, Morocco and the Canaries and in the Red Sea. [3]

References


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