Chicomurex laciniatus | |
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Apertural view of Chicomurex laciniatus | |
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. laciniatus |
Binomial name | |
Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicomurex laciniatus, common name the laciniated 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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The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 77 mm.
This marine species is found off the Philippines and Northern Queensland, Australia.