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Species Chicoreus (Triplex) banksii (Sowerby, 1840)

Banks' Murex, The Saffron-Tinged Murex

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Indonesia to New Caledonia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 60 m; on rocks near sandy bottom (Middelfart pers. obs.)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 MURICIDAE 12-Oct-2011 ADDED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Sep-2011 MODIFIED