Chicoreus longicornis

Chicoreus longicornis
Original image of a shell of Chicoreus longicornis
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864) ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus recticornis (Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880)
  • Murex longicornis Dunker, 1864
  • Murex recticornis Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880
  • Poirieria kurranulla Garrard, 1961

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. 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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