Phyllocoma speciosa

Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Phyllocoma
Subgenus: Galfridus
Species: P. speciosa
Binomial name
Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa
(Angas, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex scalarinus A. Adams, 1864
  • Galfridus speciosus (Angas, 1871)

Phyllocoma (Galfridus) speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Subspecies

Description

The shell size is between 12 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in Australian waters along Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania and along New Zealand

References

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