Chicoreus bourguignati

Chicoreus bourguignati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. bourguignati
Binomial name
Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883)
Synonyms [1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) bourguignati(Poirier, 1883)· accepted, alternate representation Murex bourguignatiPoirier, 1883

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 and 10 centimeters.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa to Sri Lanka and Yemen.

References

1. Chicoreus bourguignati (Poirier, 1883) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Poirier, J., 1883 Révision des Murex. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle 5: 13-128, sér. série 2
• Houart, R., 1992 The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
• Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289
• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: lectotype