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Chicoreus microphyllus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Chicoreus microphyllus (MNHN-IM-2000-862) 001.jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Chicoreus microphyllus (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Chicoreus microphyllus

| authority = (Lamarck, 1816)

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| synonyms =

  • Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) akritos Radwin, G.E. & A. d' Attilio, 1976
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Murex jousseaumei Poirier, 1883
  • Murex microphyllus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex poirieri Jousseaume, 1881

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Chicoreus microphyllus, common name the curly murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405911|Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)||28 June 2011}}

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 124 mm.{{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=2933|title=Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus|access-date=12 January 2019}}

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Distribution

This species is widespread through the Indo-West Pacific region.

References

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  • Jousseaume, F., 1881. Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 7("1879"): 315-348
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • 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

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928760 Jousseaume, F., 1881. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste 3(44): 349-350]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=3|id=2933|title=Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus|access-date=28 June 2011}}

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Category:Muricidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1816

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