Chicoreus rossiteri

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

Chicoreus rossiteri
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. rossiteri
Binomial name
Chicoreus rossiteri
(Crosse, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) rossiteri (Crosse, 1872)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Chicoreus saltatrix Kuroda, 1964
    Murex rossiteri Crosse, 1872
  • Murex rossiteri Crosse, 1872 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 46.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Chicoreus rossiteri (Crosse, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Crosse, H., 1872. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 20: 70-75
  • 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


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