Chicoreus cnissodus

Chicoreus cnissodus
Chicoreus cnissodus
Apertural view of Chicoreus cnissodus
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. cnissodus
Binomial name
Chicoreus cnissodus
(Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)
  • Murex cnissodus Euthyme, 1889 (basionym)
  • Murex minor Euthyme, 1889

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

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Description

Shell of Chicoreus cnissodus, 28.7 mm length, trawled at 150 m off Aliguay Island, Philippines.

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along India and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Houart, R. (2011). Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558805 on 2011-11-05

External links

External identifiers for Chicoreus cnissodus
WoRMS 558805


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