Chicoreus ramosus

Chicoreus ramosus
Different views of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. ramosus
Binomial name
Chicoreus ramosus
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex fortispinna François, 1891
  • Murex frondosus sensu Martini Mørch, 1852
  • Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798
  • Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758

Chicoreus ramosus, common name the ramose murex or branched murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. It is considered an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, especially in India.[2]

  1. ^ Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Poutiers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).