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Chicoreus
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicoreus is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.[3]
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Chicoreus | |
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Ventral view of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricinae |
Genus: | Chicoreus Montfort, 1810[1] |
Type species | |
Murex ramosus | |
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