Chicoreus ryukyuensis
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Chicoreus ryukyuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405923|Chicoreus ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978}}
Description
The shell is around 40mm long and 20mm wide, pinkish white with orange tints. It has 7.5 volutes lined with short spines down to a siphonal canal.{{cite web |author1=Tokio Shikama |title=Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific Ocean (I) |url=https://www.museum.yokosuka.kanagawa.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/s25-5_Shikama_1978.pdf |website=Yokosuka City Museum Website |publisher=Yokosuka City Museum |access-date=12 September 2024 |language=English}}
Distribution
The species was discovered near the Okinawa Islands, part of the Ryukyu island chain after which it was named.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1978
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