Species of gastropod
Bouchetia hystricina
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Shell of Bouchetia hystricina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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B. hystricina
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Binomial name
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Bouchetia hystricina
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Synonyms[1]
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- Murex (Phyllonotus) hystricina Dall, 1889
- Paziella (Bouchetia) hystricina (Dall, 1889)
- Paziella hystricina (Dall, 1889)
- Poirieria (Pazinotus) hystricina (Dall, 1889)
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Bouchetia hystricina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The shell grows to a length of 21 mm.
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This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
- 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): 174