Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Coralliophilinae > Genus Hirtomurex

Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Fusus Bruguière, 1789

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hirtomurex*	Coen, 1922	accepted genus name
*Pseudomurex (Hirtomurex)*	Coen, 1922	synonym

Species group names

*Fusus lamellosus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Fusus squamulosus*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Murex alucoides*	Blainville, 1829	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Coralliophila alucoides*	(Blainville, 1829)	synonym
*Coralliophila alucoides curta*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila alucoides depressa*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila alucoides modesta*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila alucoides squamulata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila lamellosa*	(R. A. Philippi, 1836)	synonym
*Coralliophila lamellosa elongata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila lamellosa inflata*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Coralliophila squamosa*	(Bivona e Bernardi, 1838)	synonym
*Coralliophila turris*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Fusus craticulatus var. pianosana*	Sturany, 1896	synonym
*Ocinebrina ruderata pianosana*	Settepassi, 1977	synonym
*Pseudomurex perfectus*	P. Fischer, 1883	synonym
*Pseudomurex ruderatus*	Sturany, 1896	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481-585.
additional source	Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3-44.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona e Bernardi, 1838). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:550030

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Environment

marine

Importance

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1998 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Red List status VU 1998 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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Last modified

2018-08-23 by Bruce Marshall

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