Galapagos Species Database
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Murexsul jacquelinae
Length: 20 to 26 mm, width: 11 to 16 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Muricoidea
Family
Muricidae
Genus
Murexsul
Species
jacquelinae
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 147968 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos), 147969 (Paratype), 165660, LACM: 11457
Origin: Native
- Emerson, W.K. D'Attilio, A. (1969) A new species of Murexsul (Gastropoda) from the Galapagos Islands. The Veliger 11(4): 324-325.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Murexsul jacquelinae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10224. Accessed 30 October 2026.