OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Lord Howe (Australia)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.132
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ from 80 metres
]
depth: continental slope [ to 325 metres
]
References
Arakawa, K.Y. 1964. p.361 [pl. 21, fig. 5-6 - radula, as Chicoreus (Chicomurex) superbus] New combination
D'Attilio, A. 1966. p.4 [fig. 1, as Chicoreus superbus] New combination
Eisenberg, J. M. 1981. p.94 [pl. 76, fig. 4, as Murex (Phyllonotus) superbus] New combination
Fair, R. H. 1976. p.79 [pl. 14, fig. 174, as Chicoreus (Chicomurex) superbus] New combination
Houart, R. 1992. p.121 [figs 67 - protoconch, 124-125 - radulae] General reference
Houart, R. 1992. p.121 [figs 67, 124-125, 227, 424, as Chicomurex superbus] New combination
Houart, R. 2001. p.251 [Vanuatu record] Distribution
Radwin, G.E. & D'Attilio, A. 1976. p.92 [(in part), pl. 6, fig. 2, as Phyllonotus superbus] New combination
Shikama, T. 1963. p.70 [pl. 54, fig. 8, as Murex (Chicoreus) supersus (sic)] New combination
Wilson, B. 1994. p.27 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964
Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10856) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-03.