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, especially in India.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Ramose Murex being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hexaplex princeps
- Hexaplex fulvescens
- Lambis millepeda
- Lambis scorpius
- Muricanthus nigritus
- Harpago chiragra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Chicoreus
- Species
- Chicoreus ramosus
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