Chicoreus ryukyuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Chicoreus ryukyuensis | |
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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. ryukyuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978
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Description
editThe shell is around 40mm long and 20mm wide, pinkish white with orange tints. It has 7.5 volutes lined with short spines down to a siphonal canal.[2]
Distribution
editThe species was discovered near the Okinawa Islands, part of the Ryukyu island chain after which it was named.[2]
References
edit- ^ Chicoreus ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b Tokio Shikama. "Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific Ocean (I)" (PDF). Yokosuka City Museum Website. Yokosuka City Museum. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
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