Chicoreus virgineus
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| Chicoreus virgineus | |
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| Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. virgineus |
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| Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798) | |
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Chicoreus virgineus, common name the virgin 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 60 mm and 160 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal.
