Chicoreus microphyllus

Chicoreus microphyllus
Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. microphyllus
Binomial name
Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms
Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976 Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816) Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883 Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816 Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

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.

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.

Distribution

This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.

References

• Jousseaume, F., 1881. Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 7("1879"): 315-348
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
• Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188

External links

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• Jousseaume, F., 1881. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste 3(44): 349-350
• "Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

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