Chicoreus virgineus

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.

Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm.

Distribution
This species occurs from the Red Sea to the Bay of Bengal.

Subspecies
Chicoreus Virgineus Ponderosus (var) Sowerby 1879