- Chicoreus brunneus
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Adusta Murex
Chicoreus brunneus
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Muricinae Genus: Chicoreus Species: C. brunneus Binomial name Chicoreus brunneus
(Link, 1807)Synonyms[1] - Murex adustus Lamarck, 1822
- Murex brunneus Link, 1807
- Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854
- Chicoreus adustus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
- Murex australiensis A. Adams, 1854
- Murex erithrostomus Dufo, 1840
- Murex huttoniae Wright, 1878
- Murex oligocanthus Euthyme, 1889
- Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791
- Purpura brunneus Link, 1807 (basionym)
- Purpura scabra sensu Martyn Mørch, 1852
- Triplex flavicunda Perry, 1810
- Triplex rubicunda Perry, 1810
Chicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. [1]
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Subspecies and formae
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus australiensis (f) (Adams, A., 1854) [2]
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda (f) (Perry, G., 1810) [3]
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae (f) Wright, B., 1878 [4]
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus oligacanthus (f) (Euthyme, 1889) [5]
Description
The adult shell size of this species varies between 25 mm and 115 mm in length.
Distribution
This sea snail is found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and occurs from east Africa to Polynesia, southern Japan, New South Wales and New Caledonia, Australia.[6]
References
- ^ a b Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405890 on 2010-11-01
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus australiensis; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus oligacanthus; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ^ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E. & Niem, V. H.. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. 1. Rome: FAO. pp. 562. ISBN 92-5-104052-4. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/w7191e/w7191e50.pdf.
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