OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) virgineus (Röding, 1798)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpura virgineus Röding, 1798
Chicoreus virgineus (Röding, 1798)
Purpura rudis Link, 1807
Murex anguliferus Lamarck, 1822
Murex ferrugo Wood, 1828
Murex erythraeus Fischer, 1870
Murex cyacantha Sowerby, 1879
Murex ponderosus Sowerby, 1879
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Yemen
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.26
References
Houart, R. 1992. p.44, figs. 7, 92-93, 152-154, 274-275 Contains synonymy
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) virgineus (Röding, 1798)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47959) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-23. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-08.