| Chicomurex superbus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicomurex |
| Species: | C. superbus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm
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This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.
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