Chicoreus bundharmai

Chicoreus bundharmai
Apertural view of Chicoreus bundharmai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Chicoreus
Species: C. bundharmai
Binomial name
Chicoreus bundharmai
Houart, 1992
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bundharmai Houart, 1992
  • Chicoreus exuberans Cossignani, 2004

The bundharma's murex (Chicoreus bundharmai) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50mm and 140mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Sea along Vietnam.

References

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