Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Chicomurex venustulus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Chicomurex, Chicoreus aculeatus, Homalocantha zamboi, Bolinus cornutus, Pterynotus elongatus | ||
Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Réunion, in the Pacific Ocean along the Marquesas Islands and the Philippines, and in the South China Sea along Vietnam.
References
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