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Description of a new species of Haustellum (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the western Indian Ocean
Houart, R. (1992). Description of a new species of Haustellum (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Apex (Brux.) 7(1): 31-33
In: Apex (Bruxelles). Société Belge de Malacologie: Bruxelles. ISSN 0773-5251, more
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Keywords
    Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
    Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Haustellum Schumacher, 1817 [WoRMS]; Haustellum danilai Houart, 1992 [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Gastropoda, Muricidae, Haustellum, new species, Indian Ocean
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Abstract
    Haustellum danilai is described from 3 specimens from the Saya de Malha Bank in the Western Indian Ocean. The new species is similar to H. malabaricus (E.A. Smith, 1894), H. purdyae (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) and H. mindanaoensis (Sowerby, 1841).
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