Mangrove murex

Chicoreus capucinus

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Water temperature14–30 °C
Best monthsJanuary, June, and August
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Hectonichus, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

The mangrove murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Chicoreus capucinus”, 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: 20 records
February: 4 records
March: 5 records
April: 4 records
May: 7 records
June: 27 records
July: 18 records
August: 20 records
September: 10 records
October: 15 records
November: 4 records
December: 7 records

Depth and water temperature

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–30 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 40 records
28–30 °C: 94 records

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Names and classification

English: Mangrove murex, mangrove murex

Names in 1 more languages

German: Mangroven-Stachelschnecke

Other scientific names: Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capucinus, Chicoreus lignarius, Murex (Chicoreus) bituberculatus, Murex bituberculatus, Murex capucinus, Murex castaneus, Murex lignarius, Murex permaestus, Murex quadrifrons, Naquetia capucina

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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).
226 open-data records from 1903 to 2012.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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