ramose murex

Chicoreus ramosus

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Mollusca β€ΊClass: Gastropoda β€ΊOrder: Neogastropoda β€ΊFamily: Muricidae β€ΊGenus: Chicoreus

About

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, specially in India.