Chicomurex protoglobosus

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Chicomurex protoglobosus
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C. protoglobosus
Binomial name
Chicomurex protoglobosus
Houart, 1992

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

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Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References[edit]

  • Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
  • 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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