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Superb Murex

Chicomurex superbus (G. B. Sowerby Iii 1889)

Chicomurex superbus

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Chicomurex superbus, common name : superb murex, 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 40 mm and 85 mm with the average size being 62 mm

Distribution

This species is found amongst seamounts and knolls in the Mascarene Basin, along North Queensland and Japan.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 110

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Chicomurex superbus: Brief Summary

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Chicomurex superbus, common name : superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Distribution

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Vietnam, Philippine Islands and Taiwan, generally associated with corals. Australia: North Queensland and Capricorn Channel, in 80–100 m.

Reference

Houart, R., Moe, C. & Chen C. (2021). Living species of the genera Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964 and Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 22 (hors-série 14): 1-52.

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Reference

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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