Chicoreus virgineus
Chicoreus virgineus, common name the virgin murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal.
Subspecies
Chicoreus Virgineus Ponderosus (var) Sowerby 1879
References
- Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 June 2011.
External links
- "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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