Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.[1]
| Chicoreus palmarosae | |
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| A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. palmarosae
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm. It is mostly dark red with branch like structures all over the conch.
Distribution edit
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 edit
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)". Retrieved 2009-11-04.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries 5(1): 63 - 66.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chicoreus palmarosae.
- "Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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