Biology:Chicoreus asianus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan . | |
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Species: | C. asianus
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Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942
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Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, 1965 |
The Asian murex (Chicoreus asianus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Size 6–15 cm
Distribution
SE Japan - China - Vietnam
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
Wikidata ☰ Q3702987 entry