Chicoreus cnissodus

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Chicoreus cnissodus
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Shell of Chicoreus cnissodus, with operculum, measuring 65.8 mm in height, trawled at 200 m off Ueno, in Japan.
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C. cnissodus
Binomial name
Chicoreus cnissodus
(Euthyme, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus(Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus ceylonensisHouart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus(Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus cnissodus ceylonensisHouart, 2015· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus cnissodus cnissodus(Euthyme, 1889)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex cnissodusEuthyme, 1889
  • Murex minorEuthyme, 1889

Chicoreus cnissodus, also known as the smelly murex, 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 Sri Lanka.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558805 on 2020-08-07