Chicoreus microphyllus, common name the curly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. microphyllus
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| Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.[2]
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Distribution
editThis species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Jousseaume, F., 1881. Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 7("1879"): 315-348
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 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
External links
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- Jousseaume, F., 1881. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste 3(44): 349-350
- "Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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