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Chicoreus ryukyuensis
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chicoreus ryukyuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Description
The shell is around 40mm long and 20mm wide, pinkish white with orange tints. It has 7.5 volutes lined with short spines down to a siphonal canal.[2]
Distribution
The species was discovered near the Okinawa Islands, part of the Ryukyu island chain after which it was named.[2]
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