Chicoreus torrefactus

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

Chicoreus torrefactus
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. torrefactus
Binomial name
Chicoreus torrefactus
(Sowerby, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus carneolus Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) kilburni Houart & Pain, 1982
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841)
  • Murex affinis Reeve, 1846
  • Murex benedictinus Lobbecke, 1879
  • Murex rochebruni Poirier, 1883
  • Murex rubiginosus Reeve, 1845
  • Murex torrefactus Sowerby, 1841
Shell of Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841) measuring 102.2 mm in height, found on rocks in shallow water at Minabe, in Japan.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.

References
  1. Chicoreus torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • "Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.


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