Chicoreus bundharmai

Chicoreus bundharmai
Chicoreus bundharmai
Apertural view of Chicoreus bundharmai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Chicoreus
Species: C. bundharmai
Binomial name
Chicoreus bundharmai
Houart, 1992
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bundharmai Houart, 1992
  • Chicoreus exuberans Cossignani, 2004

Chicoreus bundharmai 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 50 mm and 125 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Sea along Vietnam.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus bundharmai Houart, 1992.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398998 on 24 April 2010.

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