Chicoreus asianus

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Chicoreus asianus
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Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan.
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C. asianus
Binomial name
Chicoreus asianus
Kuroda, 1942
Synonyms [1]

Chicoreus orientalisZhang, 1965
Murex sinensisReeve, 1845

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The Asian murex (Chicoreus asianus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Description

Size 6–15 cm

Distribution

SE Japan - China - Vietnam

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