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Chicoreus cornucervi

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Species of gastropod

Chicoreus cornucervi
A shell of the staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species: C. cornucervi
Binomial name
Chicoreus cornucervi
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Murex aranea Blainville in Kiener, 1822
  • Murex monodon Sowerby, 1825
  • Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798
Shell of Chicoreus cornucervi(Röding, 1798), with operculum measuring 101.4 mm in height, collected at low tide in rocky crevice at One Arm Point, in Broome, Australia.

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name staghorn murex or toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.

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Taxon identifiers
Chicoreus cornucervi
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