Chicoreus saulii

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

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

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. Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 December 2010.
  • rivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • "Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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