Chicoreus asianus
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The onisazae murex has spines that branch like tree limbs on its shell.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Chicoreus asianus
- Scientific name
- Chicoreus asianus
- Japanese name
- オニサザエ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Muricidae
- Genus
- Chicoreus
A sea snail that lives from south of the Boso and Noto peninsulas to the coasts of Taiwan and China.
Although its name includes sazae (turban shell), it belongs to a different family and is not a close relative of the turban shell.
How the Chicoreus asianus lives
It lives on rocky bottoms from places exposed at low tide into the sea. It catches and eats other molluscs.
愛媛県Basic data
- Range
- South of the Boso and Noto Peninsulas, Taiwan, and the coast of China
- Conservation status in Japan
- Near Threatened (NT)Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Red List 2020
Where the Chicoreus asianus has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オニサザエChecked: 2026-11-04
- 愛媛県 — オニサザエChecked: 2026-11-07
- Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Red List 2020Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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