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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Purpura incarnata Röding, 1798
Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798
Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
Murex frondosus Mörch, 1852
Murex fortispinna François, 1891
Common Name
The Branched Murex p.sp. 3 [as Murex ramosus] Reeve, L.A. 1845.
Giant Murex p.213 Coleman, N. 1981.
Tengu-gai G2143 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G2143] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.26
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
Try, I. 2001. p.399
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.134
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal [
]
depth: subtidal [
]
habitat: coral reef [ among rocks
]
References
Brazier, J. 1877. p.177 [as Murex (Chicoreus) ramosus] New combination
Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. p.120-121 General reference
Fair, R. H. 1976. p.71 [pl. 9, fig. 121, as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus] New combination
Hedley, C. 1899. p.560 [as Murex ramosus] New combination
Houart, R. 1992. p.43 General reference
Houart, R. 1992. p.43 Synonomy
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.355, pl. 2, fig. 1 Checklist
Wilson, B. 1994. p.28 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
Chicoreus Montfort, 1810
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10865) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.