Chicoreus spectrum

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum
Chicoreus spectrum
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Murex imbricatus Higgins & Marratt, 1877
  • Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum 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 23 mm and 165 mm

Distribution

This uncommon species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil, living at depths from 30-100 metres

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