Phrygiomurex
Phrygiomurex is a genus of sea snails in the family Muricidae, the murex or rock snails. It is a monotypic genus, containing only one species: Phrygiomurex sculptilis.
Scientific classification (simplified):
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Subclass: Caenogastropoda
- Order: Neogastropoda
- Family: Muricidae
- Genus: Phrygiomurex (established by Dall, 1904)
- Species: Phrygiomurex sculptilis (described by Reeve in 1844)
The full species name is Phrygiomurex sculptilis. Over time, it has been known by other names, such as Colubraria (Phrygiomurex), Phyllocoma sculptilis, and Triton sculptilis, but Phrygiomurex sculptilis is the accepted name.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 05:33 (CET).