Chicoreus microphyllus

Chicoreus microphyllus
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]
  • Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883
  • Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

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

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