Chicomurex venustulus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Chicomurex_venustulus_01.JPG
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| genus = Chicomurex
| species = venustulus
| authority = (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
| synonyms =
- Chicoreus (Chicomurex) venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975
- Chicoreus gloriosus Shikama, 1977
}}
Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405854|Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)}}
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.
References
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- Rehder, H.A. & Wilson, B. R., 1975. New species of marine mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110
External links
{{Commons category|Chicomurex venustulus}}
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=397|title=Chicomurex venustulus|access-date=29 June 2011}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1975
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