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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tribulus planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Tribulus planospira | |
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Tribulus planospira shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Species: | T. planospira |
Binomial name | |
Tribulus planospira (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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As of 2019[update], it is the only species in the genus Tribulus included in the World Register of Marine Species.[2] Tribulus has previously been considered a subgenus of the genera Murex, Purpura, and Thais.[2][3]
The spire is depressed. The whorls are simple, the body whorl ventricose. The aperture is wide. The columella is arcuated. The inner lip is excavated, corrugated at the fore part. [4]
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