| Paziella pazi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Paziella |
| Species: | P. pazi
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| Binomial name | |
| Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869)
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Paziella pazi, common name : Paz's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The adult shell grows to a length of 25 mm to 50 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea (including Cuba and Belize) and off the coast of Florida.
References
- ^ a b Paziella pazi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 164
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paziella pazi.
- "Poirieria (Paziella) pazi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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