Adusta murex

Chicoreus brunneus

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–45 m
Water temperature20–30 °C
Best monthsJuly, September, and October
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Chicoreus brunneus, common name the adusta murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chicoreus brunneus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 36 records
February: 31 records
March: 31 records
April: 34 records
May: 33 records
June: 36 records
July: 78 records
August: 59 records
September: 85 records
October: 73 records
November: 34 records
December: 63 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–45 m · Deepest record: 88 m

0–10 m: 96 records
10–20 m: 82 records
20–30 m: 53 records
30–40 m: 23 records
40–50 m: 30 records
50–60 m: 12 records
60–70 m: 5 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 209 records
26–28 °C: 181 records
28–30 °C: 260 records

Photos

(c) Greg III Espera, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Franz Anthony, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Se Lena, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Adusta murex, Burnt murex, adusta murex, burnt murex

Names in 3 more languages

German: Gebrannte Stachelschnecke
Japanese: ガンゼキボラ
Simplified Chinese: 黑千手螺

Other scientific names: Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus, Chicoreus adustus, Murex adustus, Murex australiensis, Murex brunneus, Murex despectus, Murex erithrostomus, Murex oligocanthus, Murex versicolor, Purpura brunnea, Purpura scabra, Triplex flavicunda, Triplex rubicunda

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
947 open-data records from 1903 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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