Chicoreus cornucervi
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name staghorn murex or toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
| Chicoreus cornucervi | |
|---|---|
| A shell of the staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. cornucervi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus cornucervi (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.
References
- Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
External links
- "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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