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) imperialis, Thais (Stramonita) ponderosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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