Chicoreus bourguignati

Chicoreus bourguignati is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus bourguignati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. bourguignati
Binomial name
Chicoreus bourguignati
(Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms[1]

Murex bourguignati Poirier, 1883

Description

Size 6–10 cm

Distribution

Aden - SE Africa - Sri Lanka

References
  1. Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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