| Chicoreus damicornis | |
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| Apertural view of Chicoreus damicornis | |
| 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. damicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus damicornis (Hedley, 1903) |
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Chicoreus damicornis, common name the long-horned 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 25 mm and 80 mm.
This subtidal marine species is found along Southeast Australia.