Chicoreus cornucervi
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = WLA hmns Chicoreus Cornucervi.jpg
| image_caption = A shell of the staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi
| genus = Chicoreus
| species = cornucervi
| authority = (Röding, 1798)
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|405333|Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798)||21 December 2010}}
| synonyms =
- Murex aranea Blainville in Kiener, 1822
- Murex monodon Sowerby, 1825
- Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798
}}
File:Chicoreus cornucervi.jpg of Chicoreus cornucervi(Röding, 1798), with operculum measuring 101.4 mm in height, collected at low tide in rocky crevice at One Arm Point, in Broome, Australia. ]]
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name staghorn murex or toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.
References
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External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=822|title=Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi|access-date=21 December 2010}}
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