Hirtomurex

Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.^[2]

Hirtomurex
Three views of a shell of Hirtomurex teramachii, with the operculum in place
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Coralliophilinae
Genus:	Hirtomurex Coen, 1922[1]
Type species
Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836
Synonyms[2]
Coralliophila (Hirtomurex) Coen, 1922 Pseudomurex (Hirtomurex) Coen, 1922 (original rank)

Species

Species within the genus Hirtomurex include:

• Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959)
• Hirtomurex guoi Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016
• Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971)
• Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978)
• Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008^[3]
• Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985
• Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985
• Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973)
• Hirtomurex senticosus (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)
• Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
• Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009^[4]
• Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009^[5]
• Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959)
• Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)