Chicoreus damicornis

Chicoreus damicornis
Chicoreus damicornis
Apertural view of Chicoreus damicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Triplex
Species: C. damicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus damicornis
(Hedley, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) damicornis (Hedley, 1903)
  • Murex damicornis Hedley, 1903
  • Triplex cornucervi Perry, 1811

Chicoreus damicornis, common name the long-horned murex, 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 25 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This subtidal marine species is found along Southeast Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus damicornis (Hedley, 1903).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405896 on 25 June 2011.
  • GE Radwin, A D'Attilio, Murex shells of the world: an illustrated guide to the Muricidae; Stanford Univ Press, 1976

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