Chicoreus aculeatus, common name the pendant murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Chicoreus aculeatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. aculeatus
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| Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 38 mm and 78 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs along the coast of South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along the coasts of Japan, the Philippines and the Moluccas.
References
edit- ^ a b Houart, R. (2011). Chicoreus aculeatus (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558799 on 2011-11-05
- 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
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 103
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
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- "Chicoreus (Triplex) aculeatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- MNHN. Paris: neotype
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