Chicoreus microphyllus

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

Chicoreus microphyllus
Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. microphyllus
Binomial name
Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976 Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816) Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883 Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816 Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.^[2]

Distribution

This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.^[2]