Hirtomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Species Species within the genus Hirtomurex include: Hirtomurex filiaregis (Kurohara, 1959) Hirtomurex guoi Lai & B.-S. Jung, 2016 Hirtomurex isshikiensis (Shikama, 1971) Hirtomurex kawamurai (Shikama, 1978) Hirtomurex marshalli Oliverio, 2008 Hirtomurex nakamurai Kosuge, 1985 Hirtomurex oyamai Kosuge, 1985 Hirtomurex scobina (Kilburn, 1973) Hirtomurex senticosus (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863) Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838) Hirtomurex tangaroa Marshall & Oliverio, 2009 Hirtomurex taranui Marshall & Oliverio, 2009 Hirtomurex teramachii (Kuroda, 1959) Hirtomurex winckworthi (Fulton, 1930)
References
Coen, G. (1922). Del genere Pseudomurex (Monterosato, 1872). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Pavia. 61: 68–71, pl. 2. note: as subgenus of Pseudomurex Monterosato, 1872 Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 481–585.