Chicoreus nobilis
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| Chicoreus nobilis | |
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| Apertural view of Chicoreus nobilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. nobilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977 | |
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Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977 | |
Chicoreus nobilis, common name the noble murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 57 mm.
