Biology:Maculotriton serriale
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Maculotriton serriale | |
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| Two views of s shell of Maculotriton serriale (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Maculotriton |
| Species: | M. serriale
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| Binomial name | |
| Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes in Laborde, L.E.J. & M. Linant, 1834)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Maculotriton serriale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
It is difficult to find differences between Maculotriton serriale and Maculotriton digitalis (and its synonyms) when one considers shell characters only.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand and North and East Australia .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 October 2010.
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
External links
- "Maculotriton serriale" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_4765.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3170932 entry
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