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Chicoreus bundharmai

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Chicoreus bundharmai
Apertural view of Chicoreus bundharmai
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C. bundharmai
Binomial name
Chicoreus bundharmai
Houart, 1992
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bundharmai Houart, 1992

The bundharma's murex (Chicoreus bundharmai) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50mm and 140mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kalimantan, Indonesia and in the South China Sea off Vietnam.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus bundharmai Houart, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1992. Description of a new species of Chicoreus (s.s.) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Kalimantan (Borneo). Apex 7(1): 27-30
  • "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) exuberans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.