Chicoreus torrefactus

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

Chicoreus torrefactus
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. torrefactus
Binomial name
Chicoreus torrefactus
(Sowerby, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) kilburni Houart & Pain, 1982
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus (Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Chicoreus rubiginosus (Reeve, 1845)
  • Murex affinis Reeve, 1846
  • Murex benedictinus Lobbecke, 1879
  • Murex rochebruni Poirier, 1883
  • Murex rubiginosus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex torrefactus Sowerby, 1841
  • Murex tubulatus Mörch, 1852
Shell of Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841) measuring 102.2 mm in height, found on rocks in shallow water at Minabe, in Japan.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Tanzania and Durban, South Africa.

References
  1. Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Sowerby, G. B. II, 1841. - Description of some new species of Murex, principally from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8("1840"): 137-147
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Houart, R. & Pain, T., 1982. On the designation of neotype for Chicoreus (Chicoreus) torrefactus (Sow., 1841) and description of a new species: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) kilburni sp. nov. (Gastropoda : Muricidae : Muricinae). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 1(4): 51-56, sér. série 10
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Kei LWK. & Lau SCK. (1994). Baseline information survey of shelter island - a potential marine park. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture and Fisheries Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • "Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  • Sowerby, G. B., I; Sowerby, G. B., II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published
  • MNHN, Paris: neotype


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