Phyllonotus oculatus

Phyllonotus oculatus, common name the oculate apple murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Phyllonotus oculatus
Shell of Phyllonotus oculatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Phyllonotus
Species:	P. oculatus
Binomial name
Phyllonotus oculatus (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) oculatus (Reeve, 1845) Chicoreus oculatus (Reeve, 1845) Murex oculatus Reeve, 1845b Phyllonotus pomum f. oculatus (Reeve, 1845)

Description

The adult shell size varies between 50 mm and 124 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Eastern Brazil.