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Chicoreus brunneus

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Adusta murex
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. brunneus
Binomial name
Chicoreus brunneus
(Link, 1807)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex adustus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex brunneus Link, 1807
  • Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854
  • Chicoreus adustus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
  • Murex australiensis A. Adams, 1854
  • Murex erithrostomus Dufo, 1840
  • Murex huttoniae Wright, 1878
  • Murex oligocanthus Euthyme, 1889
  • Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791
  • Purpura brunneus Link, 1807 (basionym)
  • Purpura scabra sensu Martyn Mørch, 1852
  • Triplex flavicunda Perry, 1810
  • Triplex rubicunda Perry, 1810

Chicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.[1]

Subspecies and formae

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  • Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda (f) (Perry, G., 1810) [2]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae (f) Wright, B., 1878 [3]

Description

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The adult shell size of this species varies between 25 mm and 115 mm in length.

Distribution

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This sea snail is found widely spread in the Indo-West Pacific, and occurs from east Africa to Polynesia, southern Japan, New South Wales and New Caledonia, Australia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus flavicunda". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus huttoniae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  4. ^ Poutiers, J. M. (1998). "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K. E.; Niem, V. H. (eds.). The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific Volume 1. Seaweeds, corals, bivalves and gastropods. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. Vol. 1. Rome: FAO. p. 562. ISBN 92-5-104052-4.
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