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Ramose murex
Chicoreus ramosus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 558787, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Ramose murex
- Scientific
- Chicoreus ramosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 33 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The ramose murex is a large murex with a heavy shell carrying rows of frilly, branching spines, white with brown and a pink opening. It lives on sand and rubble near reefs and preys on bivalves and other snails.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Chicoreus-ramosus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558787
- inaturalist.org /taxa/496404
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Chicoreus_ramosus.png
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.