Chicoreus bourguignati

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

Chicoreus bourguignati
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. bourguignati
Binomial name
Chicoreus bourguignati
(Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) bourguignati (Poirier, 1883)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex bourguignati Poirier, 1883

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 and 10 centimeters.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa to Sri Lanka and Yemen.

References
  1. Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • oirier, J., 1883 Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13-128, sér. série 2
  • Houart, R., 1992 The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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