Chicomurex venustulus

Chicomurex venustulus
Chicomurex venustulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicomurex
Species: C. venustulus
Binomial name
Chicomurex venustulus
(Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicomurex) venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975
  • Chicoreus gloriosus Shikama, 1977

Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming 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 40 mm and 72 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along RĂ©union, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.

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