Chicoreus virgineus

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

Chicoreus virgineus
Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Chicoreus
Species:
C. virgineus
Binomial name
Chicoreus virgineus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus (Röding, 1798)
  • Murex anguliferus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex cyacantha Sowerby, 1879
  • Murex erythraeus Fischer, 1870
  • Murex ferrugo Wood, 1828
  • Murex ponderosus Sowerby, 1879
  • Murex tricostatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Murex virgineus (Röding, 1798)
  • Murex virgineus var. ponderosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1879
  • Muricanthus virgineus (Röding, 1798)
  • Purpura rudis Link, 1807
  • Purpura virgineus Röding, 1798

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal.

Subspecies

Chicoreus Virgineus Ponderosus (var) Sowerby 1879

References
  1. Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 June 2011.
  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp
  • Fischer, P., 1870. La faune conchyliologique marine des baies de Suez et de l'Akabah. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 162-179
  • 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
  • "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  • Fischer von W. G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 3: 300pp. 6pls.
  • MNHN, Paris: lectotype
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