Gemixystus calcareus

Gemixystus calcareus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Gemixystus calcareus
Shell of Gemixystus calcareus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Gemixystus
Species:	G. calcareus
Binomial name
Gemixystus calcareus Houart & Héros, 2012

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Chesterfield Archipelago, New Caledonia.