Biology:Murex kerslakae

Short description: Species of gastropod

Murex kerslakae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. kerslakae
Binomial name
Murex kerslakae Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Synonyms
Murex (Murex) kerslakae Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation

Murex kerslakae 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 Queensland, Australia

External links

• Ponder W.F. & Vokes E.H. (1988) A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum suppl.8: 1–160

Wikidata ☰ Q6938329 entry