Chicomurex venustulus

Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicomurex venustulus
Chicomurex venustulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicomurex
Species:
C. venustulus
Binomial name
Chicomurex venustulus
(Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicomurex) venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975
  • Chicoreus gloriosus Shikama, 1977

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.

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References
  1. Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Rehder, H.A. & Wilson, B. R., 1975. New species of marine mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110
  • "Chicomurex venustulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.


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