Biology:Chicoreus microphyllus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Chicoreus microphyllus
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Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. microphyllus
Binomial name
Chicoreus microphyllus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883
  • Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

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

  • Jousseaume, F., 1881. Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 7("1879"): 315-348
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5096538 entry