Chicomurex turschi

Chicomurex turschi
Shell of Chicomurex turschi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicomurex
Species:	C. turschi
Binomial name
Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981)
Synonyms [1]
Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschiHouart, 1981

Chicomurex turschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or 'rock snails'. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

References

1. 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