Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Scientific name Chicoreus torrefactus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Chicoreus Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Chicoreus, Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus aculeatus, Chicoreus ramosus, Chicoreus palmarosae | ||
Chicoreus torrefactus, common name the firebrand 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 60 mm and 160 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Tanzania.
References
Chicoreus torrefactus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA