Chicomurex superbus

Chicomurex superbus, common name : superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicomurex superbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicomurex
Species:
C. superbus
Binomial name
Chicomurex superbus
(Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981)
  • Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889
  • Phyllonotus superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
  • Phyllonotus superbus problematicus Lan, 1981 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm

Distribution

This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.

References
  1. Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110
  • "Chicomurex (Chicomurex) superbus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.


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