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Shell of Haustrum lacunosum (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Haustrinae
Genus:	Haustrum
Species:	H. lacunosum
Binomial name
*Haustrum lacunosum* (Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms
Buccinum bicostatum Bruguière, 1789 Buccinum lacunosa Bruguière, 1789 Lepsithais lacunosa (Bruguière, 1789) Lepsithais youngi Finlay, 1928 Polytropa squamata Hutton, 1878 Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846 Purpura striatum sensu Martyn Deshayes, 1844

Haustrum lacunosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 53 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

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