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Chicoreus cornucervi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Chicoreus cornucervi

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Muricinae

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Chicoreus, Chicoreus brevifrons, Chicoreus axicornis, Chicoreus aculeatus, Chicoreus asianus

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name Staghorn murex or Toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.

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Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.

References

Chicoreus cornucervi Wikipedia