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margarita murex
Phyllonotus margaritensis
Phyllonotus margaritensis, common name the Margarita Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
From the article Phyllonotus margaritensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Shell presents large and strong reaching sizes between 7–11 cm, with 4 or 5 lap varices, varices these are simple, nodular and obtuse, siphonal canal wide and curved. The mouth has colors that can vary from yellow, orange and red and the inner lip is nodulated at the base.
Sexual dimorphism. Studies in relation to the size of males and females suggests that females tend to have Phyllonotus margaritensis size larger than males and greater variation in shape.
Range & habitat
North Carolina to Florida and Caribbean Sea to Brazil. In the Southern Caribbean is noted in: Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 782325.