Chicoreus brunneus

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]

Adusta murex
Five views of a shell of Chicoreus brunneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
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

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

Description

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

Distribution

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
  1. Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405890 on 2010-11-01
  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 (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. 1. Rome: FAO. p. 562. ISBN 92-5-104052-4.
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