Phyllonotus oculatus

Phyllonotus oculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Phyllonotus
Species: P. oculatus
Binomial name
Phyllonotus oculatus
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Chicoreus oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex oculatus Reeve, 1845b

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


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