Chicoreus varius

Chicoreus varius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species: C. varius
Binomial name
Chicoreus varius
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Muricanthus varius (Sowerby, 1834)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

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