Chicoreus varius

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

Chicoreus varius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Species:
C. varius
Binomial name
Chicoreus varius
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex varius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Murex clausii Dunker, 1879
  • Murex varius G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (original combination)
  • Murex varius var. inops Dautzenberg, 1891
  • Muricanthus varius (Sowerby II, 1834)

Description

The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and Angola.

References
  1. Chicoreus varius (Sowerby II, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 April 2012.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.


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