Chicomurex turschi
Appearance
Chicomurex turschi | |
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Shell of Chicomurex turschi (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Chicomurex |
Species: | C. turschi
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Binomial name | |
Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981 |
Chicomurex turschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or 'rock snails'.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Houart, R., 1981. Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi, a new Muricidae from New Guinea. The Nautilus 95(4): 186-188
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110