- Chicoreus capucinus
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Chicoreus capucinus Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capucinus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: 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, 1822Chicoreus capucinus 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 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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