Chicoreus orchidiflorus
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| Chicoreus orchidiflorus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Chicoreus orchidiflorus, 27 mm in length | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. orchidiflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus subtilis Houart, 1977 | |
Chicoreus orchidiflorus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
This species attains a size of 38 mm.
