Chicoreus microphyllus
Chicoreus microphyllus | |
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Chicoreus microphyllus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Chicoreus |
Subgenus: | Triplex |
Species: | C. microphyllus |
Binomial name | |
Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus microphyllus, common name the curly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.[2]
Distribution
This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.[2]
References
- 1 2 Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 June 2011.
- 1 2 http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_2933.shtml
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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