''Chicoreus miyokoae'', common name : the ''Miyoko Murex'', is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family 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
Philippines.
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
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