Chicoreus cervicornis
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| Chicoreus cervicornis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. cervicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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The two-forked murex (Chicoreus cervicornis) also known as the deer antler murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The shell sizes this species ranges from 4–7 cm (40-75mm).[citation needed]
