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Chicoreus brunneus Adusta Murex

Chicoreus brunneus is commonly referred to as Adusta Murex. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
1179 
AphiaID:
208143 
Scientific:
Chicoreus brunneus 
German:
Purpurschnecke 
English:
Adusta Murex 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Chicoreus (Genus) > brunneus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Link, ), 1807 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Singapore, South-Pazific, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 37 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Banks, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
1.97" - 4.33" (5cm - 11,5cm) 
Temperature:
24,4 °F - 29,3 °F (24,4°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
  • Chicoreus aculeatus
  • Chicoreus akritos
  • Chicoreus allaryi
  • Chicoreus anosyensis
  • Chicoreus arbaguil
  • Chicoreus asianus
  • Chicoreus austramosus
  • Chicoreus axicornis
  • Chicoreus banksii
  • Chicoreus boucheti
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-04-25 20:26:50 

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Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)

hicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.

Synonymised names:
Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807)· accepted, alternate representation
Chicoreus adustus (Lamarck, 1822)
Murex adustus Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Murex australiensis A. Adams, 1854 (synonym)
Murex brunneus (Link, 1807)
Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854 (synonym)
Murex erithrostomus Dufo, 1840 (synonym)
Murex huttoniae B. H. Wright, 1878 (synonym)
Murex oligocanthus Euthyme, 1889 (synonym)
Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791 (:3556))
Purpura brunneus Link, 1807 (original combination)
Purpura scabra Martyn, 1789 (non-binominal)
Triplex flavicunda Perry, 1810 (synonym)
Triplex rubicunda Perry, 1810 (synonym)

External links

  1. reeflifesurvey (en). Abgerufen am 11.04.2024.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 11.04.2024.

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