Chicoreus aculeatus

Chicoreus aculeatus, common name the pendant murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus aculeatus
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. aculeatus
Binomial name
Chicoreus aculeatus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus artemis Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
  • Murex aculeatus Lamarck, 1822 (basionym)
Shell of Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822, 35.6 mm in length, tangle nets off Punta Engano, Philippines.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs along the coast of South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Japan, the Philippines and the Moluccas.

gollark: > I disagree. The model of the solar system, galaxies, orbits and all that is even more complex.The flat earth needs that too if they want to explain stars and stuff neatly.
gollark: Sorry, orbital *brain improvement* lasers.
gollark: Alternatively, orbital mind control lasers.
gollark: Force people into psychiatry or something if they hold the !!BAD!! opinion to make them not believe it. What could possibly go wrong.
gollark: Yes.

References
  1. Houart, R. (2011). Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558799 on 2011-11-05
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 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
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 103
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • "Chicoreus (Triplex) aculeatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  • MNHN. Paris: neotype


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.