Chicoreus florifer
| Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer |
| 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. florifer |
| Binomial name |
Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer
(Reeve, 1846) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Chicoreus (Triplex) emilyae Petuch, 1987
- Chicoreus dilectus (A. Adams, 1855)
- Chicoreus rufus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
- Murex arenarius Clench & Farfante, 1945
- Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855
- Murex florifer Reeve, 1846
- Murex rufus Lamarck, 1822
- Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854
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Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer, common name : the flowery lace murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies and formae
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius (f) Clench, W.J. & I. Pérez Farfante, 1945 [2]
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus (f) (Adams, A., 1855) [3] : the Florida lace murex (synonyms : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer rachelcarsonae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987; Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, E.J., 1987)
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987 [4]
Description
The shell size varies between 35 mm and 93 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and along North Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas.
References
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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