Chicoreus microphyllus

Chicoreus microphyllus, common name the curly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus microphyllus
Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. microphyllus
Binomial name
Chicoreus microphyllus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883
  • Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.[2]

Distribution

This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.[2]

References
  1. Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 June 2011.
  2. "Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • Jousseaume, F., 1881. Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 7("1879"): 315-348
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188


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