Chicomurex turschi

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

Chicomurex turschi
Shell of Chicomurex turschi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicomurex
Species:
C. turschi
Binomial name
Chicomurex turschi
(Houart, 1981)
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus (Chicomurex) turschi Houart, 1981

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


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