Stramonita delessertiana d'Orbigny 1841 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combinations: Purpura delessertiana, Thais (Stramonita) delessertiana

Synonym: Stramonita caracolensis DeVries 2007

Belongs to Stramonita according to M. Claremont et al. 2011

See also DeVries 2007, Keen 1971 and Landau and Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Purpura (Stramonita) angulata, Stramonita brasiliensis, Stramonita canaliculata, Stramonita chocolata, Stramonita floridana, Stramonita haemostoma, Stramonita huaricanganensis, Stramonita penelaevis, Stramonita rustica, Stramonita semiplicata, Stramonita zinsmeisteri, Thais (Stramonita) exilis, Thais (Stramonita) ponderosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Stramonita delessertiana in the database

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