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Coccus murex

Status not recordedinsects

Coccus murex is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Zimbabwe.

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Quick facts about Coccus murex

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Coccus murex live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Coccus murex is listed for 1 country.

Zimbabwe
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Zimbabwe

Is Coccus murex endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Coccus murex classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus murex Hodgson, 1969

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Coccus murex

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

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Where does Coccus murex live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Coccus murex for 1 country: Zimbabwe. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Coccus murex?

Coccus murex (Coccus murex) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Coccus murex (Coccus murex). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-murex

MLA

“Coccus murex (Coccus murex).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-murex.

BibTeX
@misc{coccus_murex_2026,
  title = {Coccus murex (Coccus murex)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-murex},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}