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rose-branch murex

Chicoreus rosarius

Classification

Family
Muricidae

Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 65 mm and 130 mm. It is mostly dark red with branch like structures all over the conch.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1