Chicomurex venustulus
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Chicomurex venustulus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicomurex |
| Species: | C. venustulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.
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