Chicoreus cornucervi
| Chicoreus cornucervi | |
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| A shell of the staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. cornucervi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus cornucervi (Röding, 1798)
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name staghorn murex or toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.