Chicoreus saulii

Chicoreus saulii
A shell of Chicoreus saulii
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. saulii
Binomial name
Chicoreus saulii
(Sowerby, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus saulii (Sowerby, 1841)
  • Murex saulii Sowerby, 1841

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

Description

The shell size varies between 60 mm and 142 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Papua New Guinea

References

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