| Chicoreus asianus | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Subgenus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. asianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942 |
|
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, 1965 |
|
Chicoreus asianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Contents |