Muricanthus nigritus Philippi 1845 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex nigrita, Murex radix nigritus, Phyllonotus radix nigritus
Belongs to Muricanthus according to A. M. Keen 1971
See also Hertlein 1956 and Kanakoff and Emerson 1959
Sister taxa: Murex (Muricantha) iravadicus, Muricantha ighinae, Muricanthus ambiguus, Muricanthus callidinus, Muricanthus princeps, Muricanthus radix
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Muricanthus nigritus in the database
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