Chicomurex superbus, the superb 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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicomurex |
| Species: | C. superbus
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| Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110
External links
edit- "Chicomurex (Chicomurex) superbus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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