Chicomurex superbus

Chicomurex superbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Chicomurex
Species:	C. superbus
Binomial name
	Chicomurex superbus; (Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms
	Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981); Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby III, 1889); Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889; Phyllonotus superbus (Sowerby, 1889); Phyllonotus superbus problematicus Lan, 1981 (original combination);

Chicomurex superbus, common name : superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm

Distribution[]

This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.

Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110

External links[]

"Chicomurex (Chicomurex) superbus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

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[WoRMS-1] Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.

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