Semiricinula squamosa

Semiricinula squamosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Semiricinula
Species:	S. squamosa
Binomial name
	Semiricinula squamosa; (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms
	Drupa fusconigra (Dunker, 1871); Morula squamosa (Pease, 1868); Sistrum fusconigra Dunker, 1871; Sistrum squamosum Pease, 1868 (basionym); Thais fusconigra (Dunker, 1871); Thais (Thaisella) infumata Hombron, J.B. & C.H. Jacquinot, 1853; Drupella fusconigra Dunker, 1871;

Semiricinula squamosa is a

mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The solid shell varies in length between 20 mm and 45 mm. Its sculpture shows varices with low spines. The color is creamy white with dark brown bands, brown or mottled. The oval aperture is narrowed by protruding plaits. It has a pale color with white inner lip.

This species is distributed in shallow rocky areas in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra and Tanzania and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden.
ISBN 91-630-4594-X
. 448 pp