Chicoreus palmarosae

Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.[1]

Chicoreus palmarosae
A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. palmarosae
Binomial name
Chicoreus palmarosae
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus sauliae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1841
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae rosarius (f) Perry, G., 1811
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria Perry, G., 1811
  • Murex argyna Mörch, 1852
  • Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm. It is mostly dark red with branch like structures all over the conch.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Chagos Atoll and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Sri Lanka and Southwest Japan.

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References
  1. "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)". Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.


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