Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi, common name Staghorn murex or Toothed murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
| Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi | |
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| A shell of the Staghorn murex, Chicoreus cornucervi | |
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| Species: | C. cornucervi
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| Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 148 mm
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Distribution edit
This species is distributed along Northwest Australia and Western Papua New Guinea.
References edit
- ^ Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
External links edit
- "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.