Chicocenebra gubbi

Chicocenebra gubbi
Chicocenebra gubbi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Chicocenebra
Species: C. gubbi
Binomial name
Chicocenebra gubbi
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus gubbi (Reeve, 1849)
  • Murex gubbi Reeve, 1849

Chicocenebra gubbi, common name : Gubb's 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

The shell size varies between 24 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Senegal.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicocenebra gubbi (Reeve, 1849).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404007 on 1 November 2010.

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