Hexaplex rosarium
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| Species: | C. cnissodus
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| Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889)
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Chicoreus cnissodus, common name the smelly murex, 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 50 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along India and in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and New Caledonia.
References
- ^ a b Houart, R. (2011). Chicoreus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558805 on 2011-11-05
External links
- Gastropods.com: Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus; accessed: 25 June 2011
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
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