Superfamily Muricoidea Scientific name Chicoreus palmarosae Rank Species | Subgenus Triplex | |
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Similar Chicoreus, Chicoreus saulii, Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus axicornis, Chicoreus torrefactus | ||
The rose-branch murex, Chicoreus palmarosae, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along the Chagos Atoll and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Sri Lanka and Southwest Japan.
References
Chicoreus palmarosae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA