Chicoreus longicornis

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Chicoreus longicornis
Chicoreus longicornis 001.jpg
Original image of a shell of Chicoreus longicornis
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. longicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus longicornis
(Dunker, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus recticornis (Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880)
  • Murex longicornis Dunker, 1864
  • Murex recticornis Martens in Lobbecke & Kobelt, 1880
  • Poirieria kurranulla Garrard, 1961

Chicoreus longicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Queensland)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Wilson, B. R. & Gillett, K. (1974). Australian Shells. Illustrating and Describing 600 Species of Marine Gastropods from Australian Waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed.


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