Chicoreus strigatus

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

Chicoreus strigatus
Scientific classification
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Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. strigatus
Binomial name
Chicoreus strigatus
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) strigatus (Reeve, 1849)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex multifrondosus Sowerby, 1879
  • Murex penchinati Crosse, 1861
  • Murex strigatus Reeve, 1849

Description

References

  • Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 Murex. In: Thesaurus conchyliorum or genera of shells, vol. 4, p. 55 p, 24 pls
  • 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
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp


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