Chicoreus cervicornis
| Chicoreus cervicornis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. cervicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Description
[edit]The shell sizes this species ranges from 4–7 cm (40-75mm).[citation needed]
Distribution
[edit]The marine species occurs off North Australia and West New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1822 Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, vol. 7, p. 711 pp
- Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
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