- Chicoreus asianus
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Chicoreus asianus Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Muricinae Genus: Chicoreus Subgenus: Chicoreus Species: C. asianus Binomial name Chicoreus asianus
Kuroda, 1942Synonyms[1] Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, 1965
Murex sinensis Reeve, 1845Chicoreus asianus 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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- ^ a b Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398999 on 24 April 2010.
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