Virgin Murex (Chicoreus virgineus)

Invertebrateverified

Chicoreus virgineus

(Röding, 1798)

Virgin Murex

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Taxonomy

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Other species in Muricidae

Chicoreus ramosus

Chicoreus ramosus

Branched Murex

Nucella lapillus

Nucella lapillus

Atlantic Dog Whelk

Hexaplex trunculus

Hexaplex trunculus

Banded Dye-Murex

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