Hirtomurex squamosus

Hirtomurex squamosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Hirtomurex squamosus
Shell of Hirtomurex squamosus (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Hirtomurex
Species:	H. squamosus
Binomial name
Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
Synonyms[1]
See "List of synonyms"

List of synonyms

• Coralliophila alucoides (Blainville, 1829)
• Coralliophila alucoides curta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides depressa Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides modesta Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila alucoides squamulata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa (Philippi, 1836)
• Coralliophila lamellosa elongata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila lamellosa inflata Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Coralliophila squamosa (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838)
• Coralliophila turris Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
• Fusus craticulatus var. pianosana Sturany, 1896
• Fusus lamellosus Philippi, 1836 ex de Cristofori and Jan ms
• Fusus squamosus Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838
• Fusus squamulosus Philippi, 1836
• Murex alucoides Blainville, 1829
• Ocinebrina ruderata pianosana Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binomial nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
•  ? Pseudomurex monterosatoi Locard, 1897
•  ? Pseudomurex perfectus Fischer P., 1883
•  ? Pseudomurex ruderatus Sturany, 1896 ex Monterosato ms.

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and Corsica; in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.