Chicoreus longicornis
| Chicoreus longicornis | |
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| Original image of a shell of Chicoreus longicornis'Italic text | |
| 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. longicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864) | |
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Chicoreus longicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Queensland)
References
- 1 2 Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Wilson, B. R. & Gillett, K. (1974). Australian Shells. Illustrating and Describing 600 Species of Marine Gastropods from Australian Waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed.
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