''Chicoreus brunneus'', common name the adusta murex, is a

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of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the family

Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neoga ...

, the murex snails.Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405890 on 2010-11-01

Subspecies and formae

* ''Chicoreus'' (''Triplex'') ''brunneus'' ''flavicunda'' (f) (Perry, G., 1810) * ''Chicoreus'' (''Triplex'') ''brunneus'' ''huttoniae'' (f) Wright, B., 1878

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

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, and occurs from east

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, southern Japan,

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and New Caledonia, Australia.

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5096506 Muricidae Taxa named by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link Gastropods described in 1807