Tribulus planospira

Tribulus planospira
	Tribulus planospira shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Tribulus; H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Species:	T. planospira
Binomial name
	Tribulus planospira; (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
	Genus Murex (Tribulus); Planithais Bayle in P. Fischer, 1884; Purpura (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Thais (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853; Species Haustrum pictum Perry, 1811; Purpura lineata Lamarck, 1816; Purpura planospira Lamarck, 1822;

Tribulus planospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

As of 2019^[update], it is the only species in the genus Tribulus included in the World Register of Marine Species.^[2] Tribulus has previously been considered a subgenus of the genera Murex, Purpura, and Thais.^[2]^[3]

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