Chicoreus longicornis

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

Chicoreus longicornis
Original image of a shell of Chicoreus longicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. longicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864) · accepted, alternate representation Chicoreus recticornis (Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880) Murex longicornis Dunker, 1864 Murex recticornis Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880 Poirieria kurranulla Garrard, 1961

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Queensland)