Chicoreus asianus
| Chicoreus asianus | |
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| Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. asianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, 1965 | |
The Asian murex (Chicoreus asianus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Size 6–15 cm
Distribution
SE Japan - China - Vietnam
References
- ^ a b Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.