Chicoreus axicornis
Species of gastropod
| Chicoreus axicornis | |
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| A shell of Chicoreus axicornis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. axicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus axicornis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Murex axicornis Lamarck, 1822 | |
Chicoreus axicornis, the axicornis murex or centre-horned murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell of Chicoreus axicornis can reach a length of 25–95 millimetres (0.98–3.74 in). This shell is slender, with long, curved, acute shoulder spines. Color ranges from whitish or reddish to dark brown. Aperture is broad and rounded. Columellar lip is narrow, smooth. Outer lip is erect and crenulate. Siphonal canal is long, narrow and recurved.
Distribution
This species is widespread from Indian Ocean to Philippines.
References
- ^ a b Chicoreus axicornis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711
- Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicoreus axicornis.
- Biolib
- "Chicoreus (Triplex) axicornis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- MNHN, Paris: lectotype
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