The mangrove murex (Chicoreus capucinus) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.Biolib
Distribution and habitat These sea snails are widespread in the Indo-Pacific, from Philippines and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) to Fiji and the Solomon Islands.Galli C.: WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base They live in mangroves and mud flats.
Description Shells of Chicoreus capucinus can reach a size of . These large shells are heavy and solid, elaborately textured, uniformly dark brown, with six convex whorls. They are sculptured with prominent spiral cords, axial ribs and striae. The aperture is rounded or oviform, brown tinged and the inner labial edge show 14–17 denticles. The siphonal canal is quite long. The operculum is dark brown. Northern California Malacozoological Society The Veliger, Vol. 10 N. 2, pg. 164
Biology These voracious predators feed on the barnacles growing on mangroves and on mussels, snails and worms .Wild SingaporeK. S. Tan Mudflat predation on bivalves and gastropods by Chicoreus capucinus (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) at Kungkrabaen Bay, Gulf of ThailandKoh-Siang Tan & Tre Ming Oh Feeding habits of Chicoreus capucinus (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) in a Singapore mangrove
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