Jump to content

Chicoreus palmarosae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chicoreus palmarosae
A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. palmarosae
Binomial name
Chicoreus palmarosae
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus sauliae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1841
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae rosarius (f) Perry, G., 1811
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria Perry, G., 1811
  • Murex argyna Mörch, 1852
  • Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822

Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.[1]

Description

[edit]

The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm. It is mostly dark red with branch like structures all over the conch.

Distribution

[edit]

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Chagos Atoll and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Sri Lanka and Southwest Japan.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)". Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.
[edit]