Biology:Chicoreus bundharmai

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Chicoreus bundharmai
Chicoreus bundharmai 001.jpg
Apertural view of Chicoreus bundharmai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. bundharmai
Binomial name
Chicoreus bundharmai
Houart, 1992
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bundharmai Houart, 1992

The bundharma's murex (Chicoreus bundharmai) 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 50mm and 140mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kalimantan, Indonesia and in the South China Sea off Vietnam.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chicoreus bundharmai Houart, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1992. Description of a new species of Chicoreus (s.s.) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Kalimantan (Borneo). Apex 7(1): 27-30

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5096508 entry