Chicomurex venustulus

Chicomurex venustulus
	Chicomurex venustulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Chicomurex
Species:	C. venustulus
Binomial name
	Chicomurex venustulus; (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
Synonyms
	Chicoreus (Chicomurex) venustulus Rehder & Wilson, 1975; Chicoreus gloriosus Shikama, 1977;

Chicomurex venustulus, common name the charming murex, is a

mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 72 mm.

This species occurs in the

Rehder, H.A. & Wilson, B. R., 1975. New species of marine mollusks from Pitcairn Island and the Marquesas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 203: 1-16
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110

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