Chicoreus austramosus

Chicoreus austramosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Subgenus: Chicoreus
Species: C. austramosus
Binomial name
Chicoreus austramosus
Vokes, 1978

Chicoreus austramosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Size 4-6cm

Distribution

Durban, Rep. South Africa

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