Chicoreus varius

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Chicoreus varius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. varius
Binomial name
Chicoreus varius
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex varius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Murex clausii Dunker, 1879
  • Murex varius G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (original combination)
  • Murex varius var. inops Dautzenberg, 1891
  • Muricanthus varius (Sowerby II, 1834)
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Description

The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and Angola.

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