Chicoreus banksii

Chicoreus banksii
Apertural view of Chicoreus banksii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Triplex
Species: C. banksii
Binomial name
Chicoreus banksii
(Sowerby G.B. II, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) banksii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Murex banksii Sowerby, 1841 (basionym)
  • Murex crocatus Reeve, 1845

Chicoreus banksii, common name the Banks' murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 55 mm and 107 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, the Solomons, New Caledonia and Australia.

References

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