Chicoreus saulii

Chicoreus saulii
A shell of Chicoreus saulii
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. saulii
Binomial name
Chicoreus saulii (Sowerby, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus saulii (Sowerby, 1841) Murex saulii Sowerby, 1841

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

Description

The shell size varies between 60 mm and 142 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Papua New Guinea

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii (Sowerby, 1841).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405924 on 20 December 2010.

• rivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

External links

• Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii; accessed : 20 December 2010