''Chicoreus miyokoae'', common name : the ''Miyoko Murex'', is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.Bouchet, P. (2015). Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866009 on 2017-05-10

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 78 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off the

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References

* Kosuge S. (1979) ''Descriptions of two new species of the family Muricidae (Gastropoda), Mollusca)''. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(1): 1–2, pl. 1 * Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) ''Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.'' Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133

External links

* Muricidae Gastropods described in 1979 {{Muricidae-stub