| Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum | |
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| 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. spectrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846) |
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Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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The shell size varies between 23 mm and 165 mm
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.