Chicoreus brunneus

Adusta Murex
Chicoreus brunneus
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species: C. brunneus
Binomial name
Chicoreus brunneus
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex adustus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex brunneus Link, 1807
  • Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854
  • Chicoreus adustus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
  • Murex australiensis A. Adams, 1854
  • Murex erithrostomus Dufo, 1840
  • Murex huttoniae Wright, 1878
  • Murex oligocanthus Euthyme, 1889
  • Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791
  • Purpura brunneus Link, 1807 (basionym)
  • Purpura scabra sensu Martyn Mørch, 1852
  • Triplex flavicunda Perry, 1810
  • Triplex rubicunda Perry, 1810

Chicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. [1]

Subspecies and formae

Description

The adult shell size of this species varies between 25 mm and 115 mm in length.

Distribution

This sea snail is found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and occurs from east Africa to Polynesia, southern Japan, New South Wales and New Caledonia, Australia.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405890 on 2010-11-01
  2. ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus australiensis; accessed : 1 November 2010
  3. ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda; accessed : 1 November 2010
  4. ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae; accessed : 1 November 2010
  5. ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus oligacanthus; accessed : 1 November 2010
  6. ↑ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. 1. Rome: FAO. p. 562. ISBN 92-5-104052-4.

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