Chicoreus corrugatus

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

Chicoreus corrugatus
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. corrugatus
Binomial name
Chicoreus corrugatus
Sowerby, 1841

Description

Size 3–5 cm (30-50mm)

Distribution

Red Sea

References
  1. Chicoreus corrugatus Sowerby, 1841. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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