Chicoreus capucinus

Chicoreus capucinus
Chicoreus capucinus
Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capucinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Rhizophorimurex
Species: C. capucinus
Binomial name
Chicoreus capucinus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Murex bituberculatus Baker, 1891
Murex capucinus Lamarck, 1822
Murex castaneus Sowerby, 1834
Murex lignarius A. Adams, 1853
Murex permaestus Hedley, 1915
Murex quadrifrons Lamarck, 1822

Chicoreus capucinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus capucinus (Lamarck, 1822).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406095 on 24 April 2010.

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