Chicoreus cervicornis

The two-forked murex (Chicoreus cervicornis) also known as the deer antler murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus cervicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. cervicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus cervicornis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex cervicornis Lamarck, 1822

Description

The shell sizes this species ranges from 4–7 cm (40-75mm).

Distribution

The marine species occurs off North Australia and West New Guinea.

References
  1. Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp
  • 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


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