Biology:Pazinotus spectabilis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pazinotus spectabilis
Shell of Pazinotus spectabilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pazinotus
Species:	P. spectabilis
Binomial name
Pazinotus spectabilis Houart, 1991

Pazinotus spectabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

External links

• Houart, R. (1991). Description of thirteen new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from Australia and the New Caledonian region, with range extensions to South Africa. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 12: 35-55.

Wikidata ☰ Q7157027 entry