Chicoreus longicornis
| Chicoreus longicornis | |
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| Original image of a shell of Chicoreus longicornis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. longicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus longicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm. The shell has a tan color, with stripes of a much darker hue of the same tan. The shell also has many hollow, protruding "hornlike" spikes, that can sometimes resemble the antlers of a deer. The color does vary uniquely, and can be a much darker or lighter shade of tan. It is structurally characterized by having three spinose axial vertices per whorl.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Queensland)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Wilson, B. R. & Gillett, K. (1974). Australian Shells. Illustrating and Describing 600 Species of Marine Gastropods from Australian Waters. A. H. & A. W. Reed.
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