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Saul's Murex

Chicoreus saulii (G. B. Sowerby II 1841)

Chicoreus saulii

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Chicoreus saulii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 60 mm and 142 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Papua New Guinea

References

  • rivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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Chicoreus saulii: Brief Summary

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Chicoreus saulii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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