Chicomurex laciniatus

Chicomurex laciniatus
Chicomurex laciniatus
Apertural view of Chicomurex laciniatus
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. laciniatus
Binomial name
Chicomurex laciniatus
(Sowerby, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus filialis Shikama, 1971
  • Murex laciniatus Sowerby, 1841
  • Murex scabrosus Sowerby, 1841
Shell of Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841), measuring 69.5 mm in height, from Cebu in the Philippines.

Chicomurex laciniatus, common name the laciniated 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 size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 77 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines and Northern Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405849 on 24 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110

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