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West Indian murex
Chicoreus brevifrons
Chicoreus brevifrons, common name the West Indian murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.
From the article Chicoreus brevifrons on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
C. brevifrons occurs in the Western Central Atlantic, from the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles to Brazil.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
At the table
This sea snail is locally collected for food, and is consumed raw or boiled. The shell is often sold as a souvenir in local markets.
Wikipedia: “Human uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chicoreus brevifrons in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 292586.