Chicoreus spectrum

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

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum
Chicoreus spectrum
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. spectrum
Binomial name
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Murex imbricatus Higgins & Marratt, 1877
  • Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 165 mm

Distribution

This uncommon species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, living at depths from 30–100 metres

References
  1. Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2010.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59
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