Chicoreus ramosus

Chicoreus ramosus, common name the ramose murex or branched murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails. It is considered an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, especially in India.

Chicoreus ramosus
Different views of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. ramosus
Binomial name
Chicoreus ramosus
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Murex fortispinna François, 1891
  • Murex frondosus sensu Martini Mørch, 1852
  • Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798
  • Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758
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