Chicoreus ramosus

Scientific Name:-

Chicoreus ramosus

Common Name:-

Giant Murex

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Mollusca

Status:-

Not evaluated.

Description:-

Shell moderately large; solid; rough and heavy; globose shaed; spire short; body whorl slightly inflated; sculptured with thick foliaceous spines on varices; siphonal canal moderately long; colour off white; aperture whitish with light rose pink colour along the aperture margin; outer lip conspicuously crenulated; columella rose pink.

Threats:-

Not reported.

Remark:-

Bijukumar (2008, 2012) recorded the occurrence of this species along Kerala coast.

Habitat:-

Reef associated marine; inhabits sandy and rubble bottoms near coral reefs.

Synonyms:-

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822
Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758
Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 (synoym)
Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758 (synonym)

References:-

Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)

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