Chicoreus dunni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Chicoreus dunni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. dunni
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus dunni Petuch, 1987
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus dunni Petuch, 1987 | |
Description
editOriginal description: "Shell small for genus, slender, elongated, with elevated spire and long siphonal canal; body whorl with 3 varices; intervarical regions with 1 large rounded knob, varices with 6 highly fimbriated, long, slender, recurved spines; siphonal varices with 3 very elongated, slender, recurved, needle-like spines; body whorl with 6 highly fimbriated spiral cords; aperture large, oval; shell color uniformly very dark blackish-brown; edge of parietal shield orange; interior of aperture brown; spines of siphonal canal always longer than spines on varices."[2]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "South-Eastern end of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Chicoreus dunni Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 53. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 53. Publ: CERF
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