Taxon Details

Genus: Murex

Species: Murex scolopax Dillwyn, 1817

Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, Makran (Oman) Sea, Persian Gulf

IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Muricoidea

Family: Muricidae

This sample that you are observing online in Professor Nabavi Online Seashell Museum, is existing in Professor Nabavi’s Collection.

http://seashells.ir/

Collection No: NC117

Another photo of this species