Chicoreus brunneus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Adusta murex
| image = Chicoreus_brunneus_flavicunda_01.JPG
| image_caption = Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus
| taxon = Chicoreus brunneus
| authority = (Link, 1807)
| synonyms =
- Murex adustus Lamarck, 1822
- Murex brunneus Link, 1807
- Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854
- Chicoreus adustus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
- Murex australiensis A. Adams, 1854
- Murex erithrostomus Dufo, 1840
- Murex huttoniae Wright, 1878
- Murex oligocanthus Euthyme, 1889
- Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791
- Purpura brunneus Link, 1807 (basionym)
- Purpura scabra sensu Martyn Mørch, 1852
- Triplex flavicunda Perry, 1810
- Triplex rubicunda Perry, 1810
}}
Chicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.{{WoRMS |title=Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807) |id=405890 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=2010-11-01 }}
Subspecies and formae
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda (f) (Perry, G., 1810) {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=24122|title=Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda|access-date=1 November 2010}}
- Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae (f) Wright, B., 1878 {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=9604|title=Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae|access-date=1 November 2010}}
Description
The adult shell size of this species varies between 25 mm and 115 mm in length.
Distribution
This sea snail is found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and occurs from east Africa to Polynesia, southern Japan, New South Wales and New Caledonia, Australia.{{cite book|last=Poutiers|first=J. M.|title=The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods|editor=Carpenter, K. E.|editor2=Niem, V. H.|publisher=FAO|location=Rome|date=1998|series=FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes|volume=1|pages=562|chapter=Gastropods|isbn=92-5-104052-4|url=https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/bc6ef027-119d-457e-9770-5b8c068d62c6/content }}
References
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External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=22|title=Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus|access-date=1 November 2010}}
- {{sealifephotos|208143}}
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Category:Molluscs of the Indian Ocean
Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean