Chicoreus maurus
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| Chicoreus maurus | |
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| File:Chicoreus maurus 002.jpg | |
| Apertural view of Chicoreus maurus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. maurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus maurus (Broderip, 1833)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus maurus, common name the Maurus murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 95 mm.
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands and New Caledonia.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Chicoreus maurus (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2011.
External links
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