Cytharomorula pinguis

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Cytharomorula pinguis
Shell of Cytharomorula pinguis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. pinguis
Binomial name
Cytharomorula pinguis
Houart, 1995

Cytharomorula pinguis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

This marine species was found on the Loyalty Ridge, off the New Hebrides.

References[edit]

  • Houart R. (1995["1994"]) The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 16(A, 2-4): 245-297.