Talk:Phyllonotus pomum

Chicoreus pomum
On the Eustrombus gigas page, Chicoreus pomum is referred to as the formal name for Apple Murex. I doubt this, and I want to know if anyone can confirm that this is correct, I will post a note on that article's talk page too. But I am posting the following info here because, if "Apple Murex" is indeed "Chicoreus pomum"... then this info can be incorporated into this article maybe.

"The Apple Murex. Shell fusiformly oblong, thick, soiïd, very rough throughout, transversely conspicuously ridged, tuberculated between the varices ; three-varicose, varices tuberculated with a complicated mass of laminae ; fulvous or reddish brown, columella and interior of the aperture ochraceous yellow, columellar lip slightly wrinkled, edge erected, vividly stained, especially at the upper part, with very black brown ; outer lip strongly toothed, ornamented with three black-brown spots ; canal rather short, compressed, recurved."

Thanks. Fallendarling (talk) 00:26, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the original description by Reeve. Yes, Chicoreus pomum was the previous name that was correctly used for Phyllonotus pomum. However now the subgenus Phyllonotus has been elevated to genus level, and that causes Chicoreus pomum to be counted as a synonym, as you will see if you look at the bottom of the taxobox for that species. Best wishes, Invertzoo (talk) 00:55, 5 August 2011 (UTC)