Chicoreus florifer

Chicoreus florifer
Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer
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. florifer
Binomial name
Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) emilyae Petuch, 1987
  • Chicoreus dilectus (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Chicoreus rufus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Murex arenarius Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855
  • Murex florifer Reeve, 1846
  • Murex rufus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854

Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer, common name : the flowery lace murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Subspecies and formae

  • Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius (f) Clench, W.J. & I. Pérez Farfante, 1945 [2]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus (f) (Adams, A., 1855) [3] : the Florida lace murex (synonyms : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer rachelcarsonae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987; Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, E.J., 1987)
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987 [4]

Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 93 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and along North Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas.

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer (Reeve, 1846).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405902 on 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius; accessed : 1 November 2010
  3. ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus; accessed : 1 November 2010
  4. ^ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae; accessed : 1 November 2010
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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