Chicoreus miyokoae, common name : the Miyoko Murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 78 mm. The species is carnivorous and predatory in its feeding behaviour. Distribution This marine species is found in the Philippines and Fiji. It inhabits subtidal zones at depths between 80 and 361 metres, in habitats associated with coral reefs.
References
Kosuge S. (1979) Descriptions of two new species of the family Muricidae (Gastropoda), Mollusca). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(1): 1–2, pl. 1 Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133
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