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Chicoreus axicornis

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Chicoreus axicornis
A shell of Chicoreus axicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. axicornis
Binomial name
Chicoreus axicornis
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Murex axicornis Lamarck, 1822
murex kawamurai Shikama, 1964

Chicoreus axicornis, the axicornis murex or centre-horned murex, 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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The shell of Chicoreus axicornis can reach a length of 25–95 millimetres (0.98–3.74 in). This shell is slender, with long, curved, acute shoulder spines. Color ranges from whitish or reddish to dark brown. Aperture is broad and rounded. Columellar lip is narrow, smooth. Outer lip is erect and crenulate. Siphonal canal is long, narrow and recurved.

Distribution

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This species is widespread from Indian Ocean to Philippines.

References

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  • Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711
  • 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
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  • Biolib
  • "Chicoreus (Triplex) axicornis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris: lectotype