Chicoreus microphyllus | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Chicoreus microphyllus (
Lamarck, 1816)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm. [2]
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This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region. [2]