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) | |
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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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