Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491339 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18E62-6E1E-D218-FEC4-FBEBFC0EE6DA |
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Felipe |
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Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889) |
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Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889) View in CoL
Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889: 565 View in CoL , pl. 28, figs 10-11.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. BORDAU 1: stn DW 1472, 19°40’S, 178°10’W, 262-266 m, 2 lv, 1 juv. GoogleMaps
DISTRIBUTION. — Southeast Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Queensland ( Australia), New Caledonia and Fiji (new record), live in 262-266 m.
REMARKS. — Chicomurex superbus belongs to a group of species that also includes C. venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975) and C. problematicus (Lan, 1981) . Their shells are up to 85 mm in length and bear 3 more or less spinose, abapical webbed varices, and all have a multispiral, conical, protoconch.
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Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)
| Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008 |
Murex superbus
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