Chicoreus cervicornis

The two-forked murex (Chicoreus cervicornis) also known as the deer antler murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Chicoreus cervicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. cervicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822)· accepted, alternate representation Murex cervicornis Lamarck, 1822

Description

The shell sizes this species ranges from 4–7 cm (40-75mm).^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

The marine species occurs off North Australia and West New Guinea.