Chicoreus virgineus

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Chicoreus virgineus
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Chicoreus virgineus(Röding, 1798)
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C. virgineus
Binomial name
Chicoreus virgineus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus (Röding, 1798)
  • Murex anguliferusLamarck, 1822
  • Murex cyacanthaSowerby, 1879
  • Murex erythraeusFischer, 1870
  • Murex ferrugoWood, 1828
  • Murex ponderosusSowerby, 1879
  • Murex tricostatusFischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Murex virgineus(Röding, 1798)
  • Murex virgineus var. ponderosaG. B. Sowerby II, 1879
  • Muricanthus virgineus(Röding, 1798)
  • Purpura rudisLink, 1807
  • Purpura virgineusRöding, 1798

Chicoreus virgineus, common name the virgin murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal.

Subspecies

Chicoreus Virgineus Ponderosus (var) Sowerby 1879

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