Chicoreus miyokoae

Chicoreus miyokoae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species: C. miyokoae
Binomial name
Chicoreus miyokoae
(Kosuge, 1979)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979) ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979
  • Timbellus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979)

Chicoreus miyokoae, common name : the Miyoko Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 78 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866009 on 2017-05-10
  • Kosuge S. (1979) Descriptions of two new species of the family Muricidae (Gastropoda), Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(1): 1-2, pl. 1
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133


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