Chicoreus cornucervi

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name Staghorn murex or Toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi
A shell of the Staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Species:
C. cornucervi
Binomial name
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex aranea Blainville in Kiener, 1822
  • Murex monodon Sowerby, 1825
  • Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798
Shell of Chicoreus cornucervi(Röding, 1798), with operculum measuring 101.4 mm in height, collected at low tide in rocky crevice at One Arm Point, in Broome, Australia.

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
  • "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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