Species of gastropod
Adusta murex
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Family:
Muricidae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Chicoreus brunneus
Synonyms [ 1]
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.[ 1]
Chicoreus (Triplex ) brunneus flavicunda (f) (Perry, G., 1810) [ 2]
Chicoreus (Triplex ) brunneus huttoniae (f) Wright, B., 1878 [ 3]
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 .[ 4]
References
^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807)" . MolluscaBase . World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 November 2010 .
^ "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda " . Gastropods.com . Retrieved 1 November 2010 .
^ "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae " . Gastropods.com . Retrieved 1 November 2010 .
^ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods . FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Vol. 1. Rome: FAO. p. 562. ISBN 92-5-104052-4 .
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