- Chicoreus palmarosae
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Chicoreus palmarosae 
A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Genus: Chicoreus Subgenus: Triplex Species: C. palmarosae Binomial name Chicoreus palmarosae
(Lamarck, 1822)Synonyms[1] - Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus sauliae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1841
- Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
- Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae rosarius (f) Perry, G., 1811
- Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria Perry, G., 1811
- Murex argyna Mörch, 1852
- Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822
Chicoreus palmarosae, common name the rose-branch murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. [1]
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Chagos Atoll and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Sri Lanka and Southwest Japan.
References
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405915. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.
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