Chicomurex venustulus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicomurex |
| Species: | C. venustulus
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| Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
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Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Rehder, H.A. & Wilson, B. R., 1975. New species of marine mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16
- 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
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- "Chicomurex venustulus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
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