Siphonochelus
Sign in to saveSiphonochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- PRI, UF, USNM, MNHN, SBMNH, AM
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Panama, United States, France, Philippines, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie, New Caledonia
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Siphonochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
It was first described by Félix Pierre Jousseaume in 1880.
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