Chicomurex superbus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Chicomurex |
Species: | C. superbus
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Binomial name | |
Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Chicomurex superbus, the superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm
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This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.