Chicoreus guillei

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

Chicoreus guillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Chicopinnatus
Species:
C. guillei
Binomial name
Chicoreus guillei
Houart, 1985
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) guillei Houart, 1985· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pterynotus guillei Houart, 1985 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian ocean off Réunion

References
  1. Chicoreus guillei Houart, 1985. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1985. Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-I. Description of eight new species. Venus 44(3): 159-171


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