Chicocenebra gubbi
| Chicocenebra gubbi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicocenebra |
| Species: | C. gubbi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chicocenebra gubbi (Reeve, 1849)
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Chicocenebra gubbi, common name : Gubb's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 34 mm and 45 mm[2][3]
It is also described in the Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals as a:
Shell triangularly fusiform, contracted towards the base, whorls depressly concave round the upper part, transversly granosely striated and ridged, ridges irregularly nodolous, three-varicose, varices frondose, fronds narrow, irregular, a single middle one bifurcated, the uppermost frond much the larger, peculiary hooked; lip conpisciously toothed, cinder black, fulvous in front near the base, interior of the aperture bluish-white.[4]
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola and Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chicocenebra gubbi (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
- ^ https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/597152/BAST1999063001003.pdf
- ^ ", Chicocenebra gubbi | Conchology". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ Reeve, L.A (1845). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals (1st ed.). L. Reeve & Co., London.
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External links
[edit]- "Chicocenebra gubbi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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