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Chicoreus asianus

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Chicoreus asianus
Shell of Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1842, measuring 82.4 mm in height, taken by gill nets at 20 fathoms on rocks off Minabe, in Japan.
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C. asianus
Binomial name
Chicoreus asianus
Kuroda, 1942
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus orientalis Zhang, 1965
Murex sinensis Reeve, 1845

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

Description

Size 6–15 cm

Distribution

SE Japan - China - Vietnam

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.