Chicoreus palmarosae
Species of gastropod
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. palmarosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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Description
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.
