Chicoreus bourguignati

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]

Murex bourguignati Poirier, 1883

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

Description

Size 6-10cm

Distribution

Aden - SE Africa - Sri Lanka

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