Summary ³

Chicoreus virgineus, common name the virgin murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Local Name(s) ⁴

(Tamil) : Kodakka Mulli, Kaara Sangu, Perumal Sangu;
வண்ண முள்ளி

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3. Adapted by Nanditha Ram Satagopan from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoreus_virgineus
4. (c) Nanditha Ram Satagopan, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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