Chicomurex superbus

Chicomurex superbus, the superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Chicomurex superbus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicomurex
Species:	C. superbus
Binomial name
Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981) Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby III, 1889) Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889 Phyllonotus superbus (Sowerby, 1889) Phyllonotus superbus problematicus Lan, 1981 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm

Distribution

This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.