Biology:Chicoreus virgineus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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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]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 June 2011.
- Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp
- Fischer, P., 1870. La faune conchyliologique marine des baies de Suez et de l'Akabah. Journal de Conchyliologie 18: 162-179
- Poirier, J., 1883. Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13-128, sér. série 2
- Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
External links
- "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_2922.shtml.
- Fischer von W. G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 3: 300pp. 6pls.
- MNHN, Paris: lectotype
Wikidata ☰ Q5096560 entry
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