Chicoreus regius

Chicoreus regius
Chicoreus regius
Apertural view of Chicoreus regius
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. regius
Binomial name
Chicoreus regius
(Swainson, 1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) regius (Swainson, 1821)
  • Hexaplex (Muricanthus) regius Swainson, W.A., 1821
  • Murex regius Swainson, 1821
  • Murex tricolor Valenciennes, 1832
  • Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821)
Shell with operculum, measuring 94.2 mm in height, found at low tide at Fort Kobbe, in Panama.

Chicoreus regius, common name : the regal murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Contents

Description

The size of adult shell varies between 60 mm and 180 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean between Baja California and Peru (but not along the Galapagos Islands)

References

  1. ^ a b Chicoreus regius (Swainson, 1821).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558797  on 23 June 2011.

External links


Stub icon This Muricidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.