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Release 31.03 went live 18th November, 2011

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus

(Röding, P.F., 1798) Virgin Murex Shell size 60 - 160 mm Red Sea - Bay of Bengal
Taxonomic Information
ClassGASTROPODA ORTHOGASTROPODA
OrderNEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamilyMURICOIDEA
FamilyMURICIDAE MURICINAE
open bookPage/Plate
Mus. Bolten IIp 141
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, p 334; Pl. 45/11-19
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropodsp 249/3
Shell Encyclopediap 130
Collector's guide to Seashells of the Worldp 95/1
Compendium of Seashellsp 135/3.1
Murex Shells of the Worldp 109-110; Pl. 17/15
Chicoreus and related genera in Indo-West Pacificp 45; 148/274-275
Sea Snails of PondicherryFig. 119
Synonyms
Purpura rudis Link, H.F., 1807
Murex anguliferus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
Anim. Sans Vert.Vol. 7, p 171
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, Pl. 45/16
Murex ferrugo Wood, W., 1828
Murex erythraeus Fischer, P., 1870 : Suez, Red Sea
J. Conchyl. ParisVol. 18, p 176
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, Pl. 45/19
Murex cyacantha Sowerby, G.B. III, 1879
Thesaurus Conchyliorum, LondonVol. 4, p 12
cameraImage Acknowledgments
1 Greg Daniell
2 Christian Muller
3 Femorale
4 Nathalie
5 Femorale
6 Guido Poppe
7 Eddie Hardy
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