Chicoreus erythrostomus

Chicoreus erythrostomus
Chicoreus erythrostomus
apertural view of the shell of Chicoreus erythrostomus
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. erythrostomus
Binomial name
Chicoreus erythrostomus
(Swainson, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831)
  • Murex bicolor Valenciennes, 1832
  • Murex coccineus Lesson, 1844
  • Murex erythrostomus Swainson, 1831
  • Murex hippocastanum Philippi, 1845
  • Murex regius Schubert & Wagner, 1829

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

Contents

Description

  • a shell of Chicoreus erythrostomus

  • a shell of Chicoreus erythrostomus

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558790  on 23 June 2011.

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