Snipe's Bill

Haustellum haustellum

''Haustellum haustellum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is the type species of the genus ''Haustellum'' Schumacher, 1817.
Snipe´s bill murex- Haustellum haustellum Dauin, 2012 Oct. Snail to 18 cm (7 in.). Long siphon canal without spines. Thin alternating brown and white lines on globe. Brown and white mottled mantle skirt. Habitat: Indo West Pacific. Fall,Geotagged,Haustellum haustellum,Philippines

Distribution

''Haustellum haustellum'' is known from Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, northern Queensland in Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Madagascar, the Mascarene basin and the Red Sea

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMuricidae
GenusHaustellum
SpeciesH. haustellum
Photographed in
Philippines