Biology:Phyllonotus oculatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Phyllonotus oculatus
Phyllonotus oculatus (MNHN-IM-2016-7473).jpeg
Shell of Phyllonotus oculatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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P. oculatus
Binomial name
Phyllonotus oculatus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Chicoreus oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex oculatus Reeve, 1845b
  • Phyllonotus pomum f. oculatus (Reeve, 1845)

Phyllonotus oculatus, common name the oculate apple murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The adult shell size varies between 50 mm and 124 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Eastern Brazil .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Phyllonotus oculatus (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 June 2011.
  • Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 116
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3169943 entry