Chicoreus torrefactus
Chicoreus torrefactus | |
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Chicoreus torrefactus | |
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. torrefactus |
Binomial name | |
Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus torrefactus, common name the firebrand 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 60 mm and 160 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.
References
- 1 2 Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
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