Chicoreus nobilis

Chicoreus nobilis
Chicoreus nobilis
Apertural view of Chicoreus nobilis
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. nobilis
Binomial name
Chicoreus nobilis
Shikama, 1977
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977

Chicoreus nobilis, common name the noble 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 40 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found along Vietnam, the Philippines and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405913 on 28 June 2011.

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