Biology:Chicoreus cnissodus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Chicoreus cnissodus
Shell of Chicoreus cnissodus, with operculum, measuring 65.8 mm in height, trawled at 200 m off Ueno, in Japan .
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. cnissodus
Binomial name
Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms
Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation Chicoreus cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation Chicoreus cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation Murex cnissodus Euthyme, 1889 Murex minor Euthyme, 1889

Chicoreus cnissodus, also known as the smelly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

• Houart R. (2015). Description of a new subspecies of Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Sri Lanka. The Festivus. 47(1): 29-35
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q5096513 entry