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Chicoreus Solangeae
''Chicoreus'' is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivore, carnivorous marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205487 on 2010-11-01 Species Over 100 species are within the genus, with several subgeneraref name="Malacolog 4.1.1"> including: *''Chicoreus aculeatus'' (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarck, 1822) * ''Chicoreus akritos'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 *''Chicoreus allaryi'' Houart, Quiquandon & Briano, 2004 * ''Chicoreus androyensis'' Damarco & Briano, 2020 * ''Chicoreus anosyensis'' Bozzetti, 2013 * ''Chicoreus aquilus'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017 * ''Chicoreus arbaguil'' Houart, 2015 *''Chicoreus asianus'' Kuroda, 1942 *''Chicoreus austramosus'' V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicoreus Ramosus
''Chicoreus ramosus'', common name the ramose murex or branched murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. It is considered an economy, economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, especially in India. Distribution This sea snail is found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and occurs from east to South Africa, including Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman, Aldabra, Chagos and Mauritius. It also occurs in eastern Polynesia, southern Japan, New Caledonia and Queensland in Australia. Shell description ''C. ramosus'' has a large, solid, very rugged and heavy gastropod shell, shell, of up to 330 mm in length. It has a relatively globose outline, possessing a short Spire (mollusc), spire, a slightly inflated body whorl, and a moderately long siphonal canal. One of its most striking ornamentations are the conspicuous, leaf-like, recurved hollow digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
