Chicoreus austramosus

Chicoreus austramosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus austramosus
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. austramosus
Binomial name
Chicoreus austramosus
Vokes, 1978

Description

Size 4–6 cm

Distribution

Durban, Rep. South Africa

References
  1. Chicoreus austramosus Vokes, 1978. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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