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Species of gastropod
Chicoreus cnissodus
Shell of Chicoreus cnissodus , with
operculum , measuring 65.8 mm in height, trawled at 200 m off
Ueno , in
Japan .
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Muricidae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Species:
C. cnissodus
Binomial name
Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms
Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) · accepted, alternate representation
Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation
Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
Chicoreus cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015 · accepted, alternate representation
Chicoreus cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) · accepted, alternate representation
Murex cnissodus Euthyme, 1889
Murex minor Euthyme, 1889
Chicoreus cnissodus , also known as the smelly murex, is a
species of
sea snail , a marine
gastropod
mollusk in the
family
Muricidae , the murex snails or rock snails.
[1]
This marine species occurs off
Sri Lanka .
Houart R. (2015). Description of a new subspecies of Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Sri Lanka. The Festivus. 47(1): 29–35
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.