| Chicoreus palmarosae | |
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| A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. palmarosae
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.[1]
Description[edit]
The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm. It is mostly dark red with branch like structures all over the conch.
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Chagos Atoll and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Sri Lanka and Southwest Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)". Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.
External links[edit]
- "Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.