Chicoreus denudatus

Chicoreus denudatus
Apertural view of Chicoreus denudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Species:	C. denudatus
Binomial name
Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) denudatus (Perry, 1811) Murex australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Murex palmiferus Sowerby, 1841 Torvamurex denudatus (Perry, 1811) Torvamurex denudatus immunitus Iredale, 1936 Torvamurex extraneus Iredale, 1936 Triplex denudatus Perry, 1811 (basionym) Triplex frondosa Perry, 1811

Chicoreus denudatus, common name the branch-bearing 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 25 mm and 75 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs along Queensland and northern Tasmania from the intertidal zone to depths up to 100 m, but most commonly in the subtidal zone.

References[]

• Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13-128, sér. série 2
• Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1–188

External links[]

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832–1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1–264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
• MNHN, Paris: lectotype
• Seashells of New South Wales: Chicoreus denudatus; accessed : 25 June 2011
• "Chicoreus (Triplex) denudatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

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