Chicoreus cnissodus
| Chicoreus cnissodus | |
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| Apertural view of Chicoreus cnissodus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Subgenus: | Triplex |
| Species: | C. cnissodus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus cnissodus, common name the smelly murex, 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 50 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along India and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and New Caledonia.
References
- 1 2 Houart, R. (2011). Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558805 on 2011-11-05
External links
| External identifiers for Chicoreus cnissodus | |
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| WoRMS | 558805 |
- Gastropods.com: Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus; accessed: 25 June 2011
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
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