Hirtomurex scobina

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Hirtomurex scobina is a species of sea snail in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is a marine gastropod mollusk. Scientific classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Subclass Caenogastropoda; Order Neogastropoda; Superfamily Muricoidea; Family Muricidae; Subfamily Coralliophilinae; Genus Hirtomurex; Species H. scobina. Binomial name: Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973). Synonyms include Latiaxis scobina Kilburn, 1973.