Chicoreus cnissodus

Chicoreus cnissodus, also known as the smelly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Chicoreus cnissodus
Shell of Chicoreus cnissodus, with operculum, measuring 65.8 mm in height, trawled at 200 m off Ueno, in Japan.
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. cnissodus
Binomial name
Chicoreus cnissodus
(Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus cnissodus ceylonensis Houart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex cnissodus Euthyme, 1889
  • Murex minor Euthyme, 1889

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558805 on 2020-08-07
  • Houart R. (2015). Description of a new subspecies of Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Sri Lanka. The Festivus. 47(1): 29-35
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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