Rhizochilus antipathum
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Species: | R. antipathum
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Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850
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Rhizochilus teramachii Kuroda, 1953 |
Rhizochilus antipathum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 14 mm and 20 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rhizochilus antipathum Steenstrup, 1850. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 February 2011.
- Oliverio M. (2008) Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 481–585.
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