Chicomurex superbus

Chicomurex superbus
Chicomurex superbus
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. superbus
Binomial name
Chicomurex superbus
(Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
  • Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889
  • Phyllonotus superbus (Sowerby, 1889)

Chicomurex superbus, common name : superb 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 40 mm and 85 mm

Distribution

This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405857 on 1 November 2010.

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