Murex hystricosus

Murex hystricosus is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.^[1]

Murex hystricosus
Shell of Murex hystricosus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Murex
Species:	M. hystricosus
Binomial name
Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001
Synonyms
Murex (Murex) hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sumatra, Indonesia.