Chicomurex venustulus

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
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)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Chicomurex) venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975 Chicoreus gloriosus Shikama, 1977

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.

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.