Chicoreus mergus
Chicoreus mergus | |
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Apertural view of Chicoreus mergus | |
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. mergus |
Binomial name | |
Chicoreus mergus Vokes, 1974 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Chicoreus (Triplex) mergus Vokes, 1974 |
Chicoreus mergus, common name the diver murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 24 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
References
- 1 2 Chicoreus mergus Vokes, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 June 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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